Hyundai Launches IONIQ 5 Robotaxi Blitz While Elon Is Busy Doing Other Stuff
Hyundai is planning to bust the US robotaxi scene wide open with an assist from its popular IONIQ 5 EV, leaving Tesla behind in the dust.
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Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 Wins Two Awards, Shows Up In Vegas In Robotaxi Form
In some recent press releases, Hyundai showed off a robotaxi version of the Ioniq 5 and bragged about an award the vehicle won. The Ioniq 5 Robotaxi At the beginning of this month, Hyundai Motor Company unveiled a promotional video for their upcoming IONIQ 5 robotaxi launch in partnership with … [continued]
Uber Launches Robotaxis!
Years after Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick said Uber would buy all the robotaxis Tesla could make (it turns out the figure was zero), Uber has launched its first robotaxi for commercial use. Over in Las Vegas, Uber users can now virtually hail a full-on robotaxi. Uber’s New Robotaxi … [continued]
Hyundai Commits To $7.4 Billion Program To Build Electric Cars In US
Hyundai Group says it will invest $7.4 billion to manufacture electric vehicles in the US.
Aptiv: 100,000+ Commercial Robotaxi Rides in Las Vegas
Yesterday, when I wrote about 10 existing and announced robotaxi services, I skipped a notable one that a reader brought to my attention. The service is provided by Aptiv, which we have covered several times, but not since last September.
Who Will Benefit In The Robotaxi Revolution?
As self-driving cars move closer and closer to reality, one particular market stands to benefit — autonomous taxis (aka robotaxis). Tasha Keeny from Ark Invest recently evaluated the players who’d likely benefit from this massive market opportunity. Keeney writes, “Autonomous vehicles will transform personal mobility … reap[ing] the benefits of a new market which promises to ramp from essentially $0 now to $10 trillion in global gross annual revenues by 2030.”
Intel & 10 Auto Industry Leaders Publish First Standardized Self-Driving Safety Rules
“Safety First for Automated Driving” outlines 12 guiding safety principles for autonomous vehicles.
nuTonomy Receives Permission To Test Its Autonomous Cars Throughout Boston
The city of Boston has given permission to nuTonomy to expand its autonomous car testing program to the entire city, following a short pause after the death of a pedestrian struck by an Uber test car earlier this year.
NuTonomy Restarts Self-Driving Vehicle Testing In Boston Following Pause
The self-driving vehicle systems developer nuTonomy has resumed its testing of vehicles on public roads in Boston (Massachusetts). This follows a short pause that resulted from the pedestrian fatality in Arizona caused by an Uber test vehicle, the company’s CEO has revealed.
Investors Positioning Themselves For EV Boom By Betting On Parts Suppliers, Not Auto Manufacturers
A large proportion of investors into the auto industry are now focusing on auto parts suppliers, rather than auto manufacturers themselves, owing to the perception that auto parts suppliers are slated to be the big winner as the shift to electric vehicles and self-driving tech accelerates, according to a recent analysis
