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Taking flight from an automotive cradle

Detroit startup Airspace Experience Technologies is creating the Mobi-One, an electric vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft capable of carrying cargo and passengers. Like the industry it's trying to help create, the aircraft doesn't yet exist.
VW gives startup infusion of cash, talent, potential to grab global AV leadership

Investment from the world's largest automaker in an expanding partnership with Ford provides the potential for autonomous vehicle startup Argo to scale at a global level.
A transatlantic feat for teleoperation startup

In advance of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, startup Designated Driver finds it's possible for a remote driver to operate a car from 5,000 miles away.
New technologies called ‘profit deserts'

Automakers will pump about $225 billion into electrification over the next four years, and another $85 billion in autonomous driving technology through 2025, says Alix Partners.
Starsky Robotics reaches self-driving milestone

The autonomous trucking company removes the safety driver and sends its big rig on a 10-mile run along a Florida highway.
For automakers, new tech represents 'profit deserts'

Consulting firm AlixPartners says return on investments in autonomy and electrification remains a long way off. Meanwhile, headwinds are emerging on the traditional sales front.
Ohio dealer's car shows are ‘where it's at'

Jack Maxton Chevrolet in Ohio stages a summer Friday night car show that helps the dealership find new customers and retain existing ones.
Waymo pilot with Lyft amazes even seasoned Krafcik

The longtime auto industry insider -- a former chief engineer at Ford and CEO at Hyundai Motor America -- says the Lyft and Waymo tie-up is a defining moment.
Nvidia, Volvo trucks forge ‘deepest' AV partnership

Volvo Group and Nvidia last week outlined an agreement to develop autonomous technology for the trucking industry.
Do AVs really drive safer than humans?

A patent application details a way to determine the safety-related performance of autonomous vehicles, then benchmarks the performance against that of human-driven autos on the same stretches of road.
Russia's Yandex plans bold step for self-driving cars

Starting in August, the tech giant intends to remove human safety drivers from five of its autonomous vehicles operating in the Russian city of Innopolis and conduct completely driverless commercial operations.
Waymo signs mobility partnership with Renault, Nissan

The partnership with French and Japanese automakers bolsters the bid by Google's self-driving car project to commercialize systems across a variety of applications and offers access to an alliance that sold more than 10.7 million vehicles in 2018.
Aurora prizes independence in AV world

After its breakup with VW, Aurora began a fresh pairing with FCA, and VW apparently moved closer to a new tie-up with Ford that could reshape the autonomous-vehicle landscape.
Industry sees threat to connected-car plans

Traffic safety advocates and transportation leaders are trying to protect a swath of the wireless spectrum for the auto industry in an effort to help vehicles in the connected-car future exchange safety messages and avoid crashes.
Ford looks to airlines for AV strategy

Ford Motor Co. is looking to the aviation industry for insights that might help with its business model for the self-driving future.