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Fairfax County and Dominion Energy Announce Autonomous Electric Shuttle Pilot

Fairfax County and Dominion Energy are partnering on an autonomous electric shuttle pilot tentatively planned for the Merrifield area in Fairfax County. The demonstration project moved a step closer to implementation with the award of a grant from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT) for the execution of the pilot. The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation...

Siemens Unveils Simulation Tool for Testing of Autonomous Vehicles

Siemens AG last week rolled out a simulation tool that could help automakers reduce the vast number of physical test miles required for the validation of autonomous vehicles. Known as PAVE360, the new tool allows developers to design and test an autonomous vehicle System-on-Chip (SoC) and its surrounding electronic components in a completely virtual environment. The new product...

Rhode Island begins autonomous vehicle pilot project

Governor Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr., along with state and local officials, kicked off the Little Roady autonomous vehicle pilot project in Providence. This research project to evaluate autonomous mobility technology went into service on Wednesday, May 15. The free service will be the focus of a research project to help...

Self-driving Cars Are Now on the Streets of Hamburg

Five electric Volkswagen cars fitted with the latest in autonomous technology are now driving on a section of Hamburg’s streets. The carmaker announced Wednesday that its first tests of vehicles with Level 4 automation in a major German city are underway. The e-Golf cars Volkswagen is testing are designed to handle complex urban traffic patterns without help from drivers,...

Uber Gets $1B Investment Boost for Autonomous Vehicle Unit

Uber has raised another $1 billion. The investment is specifically going to Uber’s autonomous vehicle division with the goal of solving one of the biggest challenges in the fledgling sector of implementing hardware and software cheaply and at scale. Three organizations are behind the investment, including Toyota. Also backing the division are SoftBank Vision Fund and the Denso...

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