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Autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is 2-3 Years Away, For Real

"Autonomous cars will be here in 2 years" has been a standard sentence from the industry for the past 5 years or so. Now there is good reason to expect autonomous ride-hailing services to hit our roads within 3 years. So, what has happened in the last year in the world of autonomy to give this confidence boost?

COVID-19 as a Driver in Autonomy

Last years pandemic sent shockwaves through the automotive industry and will certainly have had in impact on the future of the industry. In this article technology analyst Dr James Jeffs reviews the impact that COVID-19 has had on level 4+ mobility as a service testing and key players. Top autonomous players such as Waymo and Cruise are considered and their progress last year reviewed. The major players are grouped according to their progress and technology maturity and predictions are made about the outlook of autonomous testing during the remainder of 2021.

Daimler Trucks & Waymo: Development of Autonomous Sae Level 4 Trucks

Daimler Trucks and Waymo partner on the development of autonomous SAE Level 4 trucks. Their initial effort will combine Waymo's industry-leading automated driver technology with a unique version of Daimler's Freightliner Cascadia, to enable autonomous driving.

Waymo Opens Fully Driverless Service to General Public in Phoenix

Five years ago this month, Steve Mahan, the retired director of the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, who lost his sight years before, took the world's first ride in a self-driving car on public roads. Since that first ride Waymo has been hard at work to bring the Waymo Driver to more and more people.

Mobile Robots: Coronavirus Pushes Logistic Automation up the Agenda

Recent developments bring into focus the motivation, and at times the imperative, to increase automation in the logistics and delivery chain. IDTechEx have been examining the technological and commercial trends in this field for several years.

How Close are we to Autonomous Cars?

In the past decade, progress continues in the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies. IDTechEx forecasts that autonomous car and mobitliy services will become a $2.5 trillion market by 2040.

A $250Bn Revolution: Mobile Robots and Autonomous Vehicles in Delivery

Automation in the delivery/logistic and warehousing/fulfilment chain is a growing market. A particularly exciting subset of this is the use of mobile robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles for automation of movement-based tasks.

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Exclusive agreement to initially focus on driverless mobility services

Groupe Renault, Nissan Motor Co., and Waymo have entered into an exclusive agreement for an initial period to explore all aspects of driverless mobility services for passengers and deliveries in France and Japan.

Visit to "SMMTConnected" event London 4 April 2019

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders SMMT is the well-run UK trade association for the automotive industry. Its conference and exhibition involved about 600 people and it was extremely positive and informative.

Smart Cities International Symposium Report January 22-24 Chicago

This 40 person event had many good speakers and interactions IDTechEx Chairman Dr Peter Harrop reports on his findings.

Smart Cities are not Data Centric Any More

It is now clear that smart cities can be zero emission, quiet and make all their own clean water, food and electricity.

Highlights of "Future of Mobility Chicago USA" January 22 2019

This one day session with about 40 people was a precursor to the two day Smart Cities international Symposium that directly followed.

Walmart and Ford test grocery delivery with self driving cars

Walmart is partnering with Ford to explore delivery with autonomous vehicle technology.

Waymo orders 62,000 Chrysler Pacificas

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Waymo announced they will expand their partnership with an agreement to add up to 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo's self-driving fleet.

Trov and Waymo partner to launch insurance for ride-hailing

Waymo, formerly Google's Self-Driving Car Project, is the first company in the world with a fully self-driving fleet on public roads today. In November, Waymo announced that it would launch a commercial ride-hailing service to members of the public in Phoenix, Arizona in 2018.