Goodyear, SafeAI Partner on Tires for Autonomous Vehicles
Tire intelligence from Goodyear’s TPMS Heavy Duty rim-mounted sensors will be deployed at an active construction site in Cupertino, Calif.
Video: How Autonomous Vehicles Affect Tire Manufacturing
Tire Review’s David Sickels explains a few ways autonomous vehicles are affecting how tires are made, from the Tire Review Continental Tire Garage Studio at Babcox Media.
Ford Creates ‘Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC’
The new organization is charged with accelerating its AV business to capitalize on market opportunities.
IHS Predicts Early U.S. Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles
The United States is expected to be one of the earliest countries to deploy autonomous vehicles, according to IHS Automotive. According to IHS research, deployment will begin with several thousand autonomous vehicles in 2020. Forecasts anticipate this number to grow to 4.5 million vehicles by 2035. ”Future mobility will connect and combine many different modes
Goodyear, TuSimple Team on Autonomous Freight Vehicles
Goodyear will provide products and repair services to enhance the safety and operation of autonomous trucks.
Our Autonomous Future: The Outlook for Driverless Vehicles
Driverless or not, safety continues to be both the biggest motivator for automotive manufacturers to invest in the autonomous vehicle, as well as the biggest driver for consumers to question the technology.
Hankook Acquires Autonomous Driving Startup ‘3Secondz’
Hankook & Company says the acquisition is part of its strategy to pursue a “digital transformation.”
Bridgestone Invests in $300 Million Green Autonomous Driving Project
Bridgestone Corp. has invested in Tier IV, an open-source Autoware autonomous driving operating system as part of the Green Innovation Fund Projects (GI Fund) for research and development of autonomous driving software platforms. Through the Green Autonomous Driving (AD) Project, TIER IV aims to achieve 100 times higher energy efficiency than the currently deployed technology for autonomous
Nexen Tire VC Invests in Autonomous Shuttle Startup May Mobility
Next Century Ventures (NCV), the corporate venture capital arm of Nexen Tire, announced that it has invested in May Mobility. Founded in the U.S. in 2017, May Mobility works with cities and private entities across the U.S. and Japan to deploy autonomous vehicles that bridge gaps in transportation, including routes in Michigan, Indiana and Texas,
Bridgestone Partners to Expand Autonomous Driving
Bridgestone made a minority investment in May Mobility, marking the company’s first investment in public-serving autonomous vehicles (AVs). The new partnership will include the future integration of Bridgestone’s digital and predictive tire-centric technologies into May Mobility autonomous vehicles. Through the partnership, Bridgestone says it will also gain insights into autonomous vehicle operations to improve its
