Tag: Preps

19 DEC

Waymo preps for self-driving taxi service with rider insurance deal

Waymo faces a slew of challenges if it’s going to get its autonomous taxi service up and running, not the least of which is insurance. Who’s going to cover passengers when there’s no human pilot to help determine who’s responsible? Thankfully, someone has stepped up to the plate. Waymo has struck a deal with insurance […]

26 OCT

Bloodhound preps for land speed record with 200MPH test run

It’s finally happened. Nine years after the Bloodhound project was first announced in London, the supersonic car has completed its first test runs. At a closed-off airstrip near Newquay airport, Cornwall, the monstrous vehicle roared across the tarmac at close to 200 MPH. That figure is a long way off the team’s ultimate goal of […]

15 OCT

Shell preps for the future with acquisition of EV charging network

Royal Dutch Shell (or just Shell, if you’re into the whole brevity thing) has already committed a billion dollars toward alternative fuels, and now it’s showing us where some of that money is going. The gas station corporation has agreed to buy NewMotion, a Netherlands-based company that owns some 30,000 electric-vehicle charging points across Western […]

14 OCT

New XR Basefund preps €50 million fund for VR and AR early stage startups

GUEST: A new early stage VR/AR startup fund has announced that it will launch in Europe by the end of the year. Coined the XR Basefund, the €50 million-sized fund is a co-venture between Ariadne Capital, 2SQRS, and the VRBASE. The XR in the name stands for “extended reality” which has become an abbreviation that […]

23 JUL

Nissan preps its semi-autonomous driving assist for the US

Nissan is one step closer to bringing its semi-autonomous ProPilot Assist feature to American roads. The automaker has shed more light on the US-optimized version of the assistant ahead of its launch in the new Leaf near the end of 2017. As Nissan stresses, the initial version is intended only to make life easier during […]