Autonomy, a startup Santa Monica automobile provider that unveiled its app only in January, has made a big move that will allow it to go nationwide in a hurry. The company earlier this month placed orders worth $1.2 billion to buy 23,000 electric cars that will be marketed through AutoNation, the country’s largest automobile retailer. …
Experts from AAA, AEye, Amazon Web Services, Honda and Toyota provide insight into the path to Level 4 autonomy during a CAR MBS session titled “Tapping Intelligence to Leap from ADAS to Autonomous.” Panelists included: Reuben Sarkar, CEO, American Center for Mobility; Greg Brannon, Director-Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations, AAA National; Vijitha Chekuri, Autonomous Business …
“Robots suck.” It’s a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots — or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup Starsky Robotics, is trying to make a point. …
