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Toposens 3D Sonar Seeks Objects Overlooked by Lidar
Alexander Rudoy was spending almost every hour of his free time developing a robotic toy fish that could sense its underwater surroundings. At the time he was studying electromechanical...
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New Proving-Ground Tools Needed to Manage AV Testing
According to Dr. Richard Simpson, principal systems engineer at test systems’ supplier AB Dynamics, a universal command and control system for test-track operators is vital to manage...
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Ford Announces All-New SYNC 4 Connectivity Suite
Ford has previewed its next-gen SYNC 4 communications and entertainment system, which will provide cloud-based connectivity via larger screens and advanced voice recognition. The system is...
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Mapping Canada — Centimeter by Centimeter
Fully-automated vehicles will only be as smart as the datasets they use to determine their driving pathways. Jakarto Cartographie 3D, a young company based in Montreal, is working on AI-powered,...
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2020 Volkswagen Passat GTE
A mid-life update and up-spec for Volkswagen’s Europe-built Passat range brings a plug-in hybrid-electric (PHEV) version – a first for the model – for MY2020. Not for the first time (the Phaeton was one...
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Magna Prepared for AV “Marathon”
Swamy Kotagiri is Magna’s chief technology officer and head of the company’s Power & Vision segment. Automotive Engineering contributor Sebastian Blanco spoke with him at the 2019 opening of Magna Electronics’ new manufacturing facility near Holly, MI. Read on for highlights of the conversation.
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The Ford GT
As part of its sponsorship of this year’s annual auto-palooza known as the Woodward Dream Cruise, Ford invited media to sample its Ford GT supercar along Detroit’s famous avenue. With its sold-out production run of 1,350...
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Improving Lidar – or Defeating It
For more than a decade, the lidar market has been led by Velodyne and its spinning towers of 64 or 128 laser beams. But the relatively high cost, delicate architecture, and beefy form factor have made it...
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BlackBerry Tech Duo Sees Emergence of Vehicle-Based Platforms
At the recent TU automotive conference in Novi, Michigan, Automotive Engineering had the opportunity to sit down with two of the industry’s most important software sages,...
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New SMARTCenter Opens as North America’s Largest AV Test Facility
As notions advance regarding the evolving needs and requirements of automated-vehicle (AV) testing, there’s a concurrent focus on the capabilities available from the...
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ZF’s Autonomous Systems Head Takes a Pragmatic View of the ‘Levels’ Playing Field
“We are constantly asking this question: Who is the customer likely to buy an SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle in the consumer passenger market?”...
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Rethinking ADAS Materials
Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technologies – including automatic emergency braking, collision avoidance, adaptive cruise control and parking assist – are quickly going mainstream. OEMs, regulators...
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Velodyne and Center for Automotive Research Latest to Join International Alliance for Mobility Testing & Standardization
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) and Velodyne Lidar, Inc. have joined the International Alliance for Mobility...
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2019 Volvo S60 T6
As the sporting player in Volvo’s C-segment sedan lineup, this all-wheel drive, turbocharged-and-supercharged R-Design S60 faces benchmark competition in the BMW 3-Series, Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. In pure...
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NVIDIA's Next-Generation Autonomous Driving Platforms Use Macronix Secure Flash Memory
NVIDIA Corporation is using Macronix International Co., Ltd.’s ArmorFlash memory on its NVIDIA DRIVE DRIVE AGX Xavier and DRIVE AGX Pegasus platforms....
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Cadillac Pulls the Wraps off Two New V-Series Sedans
Cadillac has added two more sedans to its V-Series performance lineup, the all-new 2020 CT4-V and CT5-V. The CT4-V will square off against established C-segment players such as the BMW...
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German LiDAR Specialist Ibeo Automotive Systems Chooses Detroit as the Home for Its U.S. Subsidiary
Germany’s LiDAR specialist, Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH, has identified Detroit as the ideal location for new United States subsidiary,...
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Canada’s Highway 407 ETR Tests High Contrast AV Highway Markings
407 Express Toll Route Concession Company Limited is optimizing kilometers of Canadian highway for automated vehicles (AVs) in partnership with 3M Canada. 407 ERT has...
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Peloton Develops a Level 4 Automated Platooning System, but Keeps the Driver in Charge
Peloton Technology Inc. is taking a novel (or maybe traditional) approach to vehicle automation by placing the driver in control. The company, which...
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With New Partnerships, OTSL Builds out 3D Real-Time Sensor Simulator Framework for Self-Driving Cars
OTSL Inc., a developer of short-distance wireless and embedded systems based in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, announced partnerships with...
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Luminar Expands into Automotive LiDAR with $250 Million in Fundraising
After receiving substantial financial support from institutional and strategic investors, Orlando, Florida-based Luminar Technologies is entering the consumer automotive...
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Viziblezone Enables Vehicle-To-Pedestrian Collision Avoidance Through Technology Already in Our Cell Phones
Viziblezone Ltd.’s vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) solution to autonomous vehicles or “self-driving cars” is now capable of...
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2020 Ford Explorer: Knockout Styling Caches All-New Engineering
Already America’s all-time best-selling SUV, the all-new 2020 Ford Explorer is cast on an entirely new global rear-wheel-drive (RWD) architecture and boasts the first Ford...
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German University Installing Advanced Simulator to Study Autonomous-Vehicle Handover
Researchers at Germany’s Kempten University of Applied Sciences plan to embark this year on autonomous vehicle (AV) and advanced driver-assist system...
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The Sensitive Side of Autonomous Vehicles
The sensing technologies needed for automated-driving vehicles are evolving as the industry moves toward a high-level (SAE Level 4-5) self-driving vehicle. Sensing technologies already assist with...
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The Rodney Dangerfield of Automated-Driving Sensors?
The emerging era of highly-automated driving comes courtesy of much-vaunted sensor technology—spinning lasers, penetrating radar and sonar blips. But the sensor that gets the least...
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Cepton Technology’s Newest Highspeed Lidar Sensor Can Spot a Tow Hitch on a Vehicle Traveling 50 Miles per Hour
Cepton Technologies, Inc., a San Jose, California-based 3D lidar developer, has added a line scanning lidar (light detection...
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SAE Rolls out Introduction to Automated Vehicle Safety in Shanghai
Since 2016, five fatal accidents involving self-driving cars have served as cautionary tales for engineers designing and testing automated vehicles (AVs). These accidents have...
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Ford Unveils All-New 2020 Escape, First SUV Application on New Global FWD Architecture
Ford has unveiled the all-new 2020 Escape, its first SUV based on the new FWD global architecture, leveraging the new unibody toolkit to create a...
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