Aurora, a prominent startup, strikes partnerships with two of the world's biggest automakers.
Reported by CNNMoney 18 hours ago.
Volkswagen and Hyundai get serious about self-driving car tech
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Volkswagen, Hyundai get serious about self-driving tech
Aurora, a prominent startup, strikes partnerships with two of the world's biggest automakers.
Reported by CNNMoney 18 hours ago.
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Aurora, Volkswagen, Hyundai Team Up on Self-Driving Technology
Volkswagen and Hyundai have teamed up with Aurora Innovation, a startup company masterminded by leaders of autonomous vehicles, in separate deals in a race to bring self-driving cars to the public.
Reported by Newsmax 10 hours ago.
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Hyundai and Aurora to partner on self-driving cars
Reported by SeekingAlpha 11 hours ago.
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Aurora replaces Froedtert & Medical College as Milwaukee Brewers health care sponsor
Aurora Health Care will replace Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin as the health care sponsor of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Reported by bizjournals 10 hours ago.
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Hyundai and Volkswagen team with Google's former self-driving lead
Both Hyundai and the Volkswagen Group announced today that they are partnering with self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation and will be incorporating the firm's autonomous driving systems into their own vehicles. Hyundai will be working the...
Reported by engadget 9 hours ago.
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What should happen to Seattle’s Battery Street Tunnel?
Sketched Jan. 3, 2018 I’m standing next to the south entrance of the Battery Street Tunnel in Belltown. Traffic on the half-mile thoroughfare connecting the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Aurora Avenue seems light this early afternoon compared to the rush-hour bottlenecks that often form here. While there’s a lot of expectation about the waterfront viaduct […]
Reported by Seattle Times 9 hours ago.
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Airbus acquires Denver flight training center as services fight with Boeing intensifies
Airbus acquired a flight training operation in the western U.S. on Thursday, a move that could soon be emulated by Boeing as the rival jet makers battle to grow their services businesses. Airbus bought Strategic Simulation Solutions (SSS), a privately held flight training center based in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, saying it plans to expand and transform SSS into its first ever West Coast training center. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Michel Merluzeau, a Seattle-based aerospace…
Reported by bizjournals 7 hours ago.
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Volkswagen and Hyundai Entrust Startup with Their Autonomous Aspirations
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One of the most intriguing and tight-lipped startups building technology for self-driving vehicles said Thursday it has inked partnerships with two major global automakers.
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Aurora Innovation, founded in late 2016 by some of the autonomous industry’s most influential leaders, said it is forming collaborations with Volkswagen and Hyundai in efforts to deploy driverless vehicles in commercial operations by 2021.
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While there aren’t many specifics yet available on which Volkswagen vehicles will receive Aurora’s self-driving systems, the German automaker indicated it intends to use them across its brand lineup in electric vehicles and in purpose-built autonomous cars like the Sedric van prototype shown in Geneva in March 2017. Hyundai officials, meanwhile, said they will integrate the startup’s systems on the hydrogen fuel-cell SUV unveiled last summer (shown below).
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The companies made their announcements Thursday in the run-up to CES, the annual consumer-technology spectacle in Las Vegas that has placed increasing emphasis on driverless vehicles in recent years.
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Until then, Aurora Innovation, which has offices in Silicon Valley and Pittsburgh, hadn’t divulged much about its intentions. But it has been nonetheless closely watched, because its founders include Chris Urmson, a former director of Google’s self-driving car project, Sterling Anderson, the first director of Tesla Motors’ Autopilot feature, and Drew Bagnell, a founding member of Uber’s Advanced Technology Center.
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Terms of the partnerships were not disclosed. They come at a time when major OEMs and suppliers are either heavily investing in or buying self-driving startups outright, such as Ford investing $1 billion in Argo AI and what was then Delphi buying nuTonomy for $450 million in October. Aurora would seem primed to follow suit for a similar payday, but the company intends to remain independent, like Waymo, and work within key strategic partnerships such as the ones unveiled Thursday.
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Last fall, Urmson indicated the latter in a rare interview, telling Recode, “That’s the goal for Aurora, to get self-driving cars on the road as quickly as possible and do that safely and thoughtfully and do it through partnerships with folks that can help us.”
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Aurora’s engineers have been working to develop a complete self-driving system that includes sensors, hardware, and software. They’ve been partnering with Volkswagen at VW’s Automotive Innovation Lab at Stanford University for the past six months to integrate the systems into VW platforms. Eventually, Volkswagen said, it intends to introduce the technology in mobility-as-a-service applications, though it’s curious the company did not mention its new mobility brand, Moia, in an otherwise lengthy release on the Aurora partnership.
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Volkswagen’s blueprints in this realm come at a time when analysts expect traditional car ownership to decline and significant growth in mobility-as-a-service options. In a study published earlier this week, global analytics and consulting firm IHS Markit forecast that 33 million autonomous vehicles will reach roads across the world by 2040 and that there will be 12 average users for driverless cars in mobility-service roles.
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The arrival as Aurora as a prime developer of self-driving systems may mark a crossroads for VW. At least within its Audi brand, the company had split its automated-development efforts between a group working on Level 3 technology in Silicon Valley and a group working on Levels 4 and 5 in Germany.
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“It seems to be that this indicates VW is going to concentrate on Levels 2 and 3 with its in-house technology and hand the software development for Level 4 and 5 to Aurora.”
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“I think it’s interesting that VW is doing this at all,” says Mike Ramsey, a transportation and mobility analyst for global technology research firm Gartner. “VW was one of the earliest companies to have a self-driving program in California. It seems to be that this indicates VW is going to concentrate on Levels 2 and 3 with its in-house technology and hand the software development for Level 4 and 5 to Aurora,” he said, commenting that what’s suprising is “not the capabilities of Aurora; it’s that VW wouldn’t want to use its existing development efforts.”
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A Volkswagen spokesperson said the relationship between its existing team and Aurora is “complementary” and that Aurora helps the company secure “our agility and market readiness.”
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For Hyundai, the partnership with Aurora centers around deploying the technology in custom-developed vehicles capable of Level 4 autonomous operations—those that require no human role from the start of a journey to its end, albeit in geofenced areas. Hyundai officials said they’ll launch the technology in the fuel-cell SUVs, to be deployed in select cities, although the company is not yet discussing the specifics behind where and when those pilot programs will take place.
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· Volkswagen Sedric Concept: From Das Auto to Das Automation?
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· Self-Driving Slicktop: Hyundai Shows Off Its Autonomous Ioniq
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· Volkswagen Doubles Down on Ride Hailing, Expects Revenue in 2025
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“We know the future of transportation is autonomous, and autonomous driving technology needs to be proven in the real world to accelerate deployment in a safe and scalable manner,” said Woong-Chul Yang, vice chairman of Hyundai.
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While the partnerships mark concrete mileposts for two companies already on the road toward autonomous deployments, they mark merely the beginning for Aurora. With a few big OEMs still without a major partner still out there, it will be interesting to see whether Urmson and his colleagues will soon have more announcements up their sleeve, whether at CES or beyond.
- Reported by Car and Driver 7 hours ago.
One of the most intriguing and tight-lipped startups building technology for self-driving vehicles said Thursday it has inked partnerships with two major global automakers.
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Aurora Innovation, founded in late 2016 by some of the autonomous industry’s most influential leaders, said it is forming collaborations with Volkswagen and Hyundai in efforts to deploy driverless vehicles in commercial operations by 2021.
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While there aren’t many specifics yet available on which Volkswagen vehicles will receive Aurora’s self-driving systems, the German automaker indicated it intends to use them across its brand lineup in electric vehicles and in purpose-built autonomous cars like the Sedric van prototype shown in Geneva in March 2017. Hyundai officials, meanwhile, said they will integrate the startup’s systems on the hydrogen fuel-cell SUV unveiled last summer (shown below).
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The companies made their announcements Thursday in the run-up to CES, the annual consumer-technology spectacle in Las Vegas that has placed increasing emphasis on driverless vehicles in recent years.
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Until then, Aurora Innovation, which has offices in Silicon Valley and Pittsburgh, hadn’t divulged much about its intentions. But it has been nonetheless closely watched, because its founders include Chris Urmson, a former director of Google’s self-driving car project, Sterling Anderson, the first director of Tesla Motors’ Autopilot feature, and Drew Bagnell, a founding member of Uber’s Advanced Technology Center.
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Terms of the partnerships were not disclosed. They come at a time when major OEMs and suppliers are either heavily investing in or buying self-driving startups outright, such as Ford investing $1 billion in Argo AI and what was then Delphi buying nuTonomy for $450 million in October. Aurora would seem primed to follow suit for a similar payday, but the company intends to remain independent, like Waymo, and work within key strategic partnerships such as the ones unveiled Thursday.
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Last fall, Urmson indicated the latter in a rare interview, telling Recode, “That’s the goal for Aurora, to get self-driving cars on the road as quickly as possible and do that safely and thoughtfully and do it through partnerships with folks that can help us.”
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Aurora’s engineers have been working to develop a complete self-driving system that includes sensors, hardware, and software. They’ve been partnering with Volkswagen at VW’s Automotive Innovation Lab at Stanford University for the past six months to integrate the systems into VW platforms. Eventually, Volkswagen said, it intends to introduce the technology in mobility-as-a-service applications, though it’s curious the company did not mention its new mobility brand, Moia, in an otherwise lengthy release on the Aurora partnership.
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Volkswagen’s blueprints in this realm come at a time when analysts expect traditional car ownership to decline and significant growth in mobility-as-a-service options. In a study published earlier this week, global analytics and consulting firm IHS Markit forecast that 33 million autonomous vehicles will reach roads across the world by 2040 and that there will be 12 average users for driverless cars in mobility-service roles.
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The arrival as Aurora as a prime developer of self-driving systems may mark a crossroads for VW. At least within its Audi brand, the company had split its automated-development efforts between a group working on Level 3 technology in Silicon Valley and a group working on Levels 4 and 5 in Germany.
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“
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“It seems to be that this indicates VW is going to concentrate on Levels 2 and 3 with its in-house technology and hand the software development for Level 4 and 5 to Aurora.”
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—Mike Ramsey, Gartner
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”
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“I think it’s interesting that VW is doing this at all,” says Mike Ramsey, a transportation and mobility analyst for global technology research firm Gartner. “VW was one of the earliest companies to have a self-driving program in California. It seems to be that this indicates VW is going to concentrate on Levels 2 and 3 with its in-house technology and hand the software development for Level 4 and 5 to Aurora,” he said, commenting that what’s suprising is “not the capabilities of Aurora; it’s that VW wouldn’t want to use its existing development efforts.”
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A Volkswagen spokesperson said the relationship between its existing team and Aurora is “complementary” and that Aurora helps the company secure “our agility and market readiness.”
-
For Hyundai, the partnership with Aurora centers around deploying the technology in custom-developed vehicles capable of Level 4 autonomous operations—those that require no human role from the start of a journey to its end, albeit in geofenced areas. Hyundai officials said they’ll launch the technology in the fuel-cell SUVs, to be deployed in select cities, although the company is not yet discussing the specifics behind where and when those pilot programs will take place.
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· Volkswagen Sedric Concept: From Das Auto to Das Automation?
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· Self-Driving Slicktop: Hyundai Shows Off Its Autonomous Ioniq
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· Volkswagen Doubles Down on Ride Hailing, Expects Revenue in 2025
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“We know the future of transportation is autonomous, and autonomous driving technology needs to be proven in the real world to accelerate deployment in a safe and scalable manner,” said Woong-Chul Yang, vice chairman of Hyundai.
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While the partnerships mark concrete mileposts for two companies already on the road toward autonomous deployments, they mark merely the beginning for Aurora. With a few big OEMs still without a major partner still out there, it will be interesting to see whether Urmson and his colleagues will soon have more announcements up their sleeve, whether at CES or beyond.
- Reported by Car and Driver 7 hours ago.
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Competing With the Giants in Race to Build Self-Driving Cars
Aurora, a start-up founded by the former head of Google’s self-driving project, will feed its technology into car giants Volkswagen and Hyundai.
Reported by NYTimes.com 18 hours ago.
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Volkswagen, Hyundai Motor partner with self-driving startup Aurora
Volkswagen and Hyundai Motor have partnered with US self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation to speed up their autonomous car programs.
Reported by Automotive Business Review 17 hours ago.
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Christian Bale Hasn't Seen 'Dark Knight Rises' Since the Aurora Shooting
Christian Bale was deeply affected by the Aurora shooting in 2012, which took place at a midnight screening of his Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. The Oscar-winning actor flew to Aurora and visited the memorial site just days after the shooting, in which twelve people were killed and 70 others were injured. Christian recently [...]
Reported by Just Jared 23 hours ago.
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Jet maker Airbus buys flight training center in Colorado
European jet maker Airbus SE has acquired a flight training operation in Aurora -- its first the western U.S. on Thursday. It's a move that soon could be followed by its key U.S. rival, Boeing Co., as the two companies battle to grow their services businesses. Airbus (Euronext: AIR) bought Strategic Simulation Solutions (SSS), a privately held flight training center located at 3500 Windsor Dr., north of Interstate 70 and between Tower Road and E-470. The Toulouse, France-based company says it…
Reported by bizjournals 15 hours ago.
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5 questions for autonomous car pioneer Chris Urmson
DETROIT (AP) — After leaving a leadership post at Google's autonomous car unit, Chris Urmson and two other self-driving vehicle pioneers are back in the race with a new company that will rival their former employers. Aurora Innovation on Thursday announced that it had signed partnerships with Hyundai and Volkswagen to help the automakers develop autonomous vehicles, a major step in the tightening competition. Urmson, who led autonomous vehicle development efforts at Alphabet Inc.'s Google for more than seven years, started Aurora last year with former Tesla executive Sterling Anderson, and ex-Uber autonomous vehicle leader Drew Bagnell.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 13 hours ago.
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$48M contract to fund further development on military drone
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A drone maker has won a $48 million contract to continue developing its unmanned aerial vehicles in Mississippi and Virginia. Local media in Mississippi report that the U.S. Air Force awarded the contract to Aurora Flight Sciences, which was bought by Boeing Co. in October. Aurora’s twin-engine Orion aircraft can fly […]
Reported by Seattle Times 9 hours ago.
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Suburban libraries training employees to help homeless
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Suburban Chicago libraries are trying to become more friendly and helpful to the homeless. The Beacon-News in Aurora reports that libraries in Aurora, Naperville and Lombard are among a growing number to offer their employees training that will help them assist homeless patrons. Ryan Dowd of the Hesed House in Aurora […]
Reported by Seattle Times 2 hours ago.
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Enjoy a trip to see the Northern Lights above the clouds from East Midlands Airport
You will be in the ideal spot to see the spectacular Aurora Borealis
Reported by Derby Telegraph 5 hours ago.
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Pedestrian hit, killed Friday night in Aurora while crossing Arapahoe Road
A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle in Aurora Friday night while trying to cross East Arapahoe Road near Highway 83.
Reported by Denver Post 22 hours ago.
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See the Northern Lights on a special night flight from Humberside Airport
The trip, arranged by Omega Holidays, will give you stunning views of the Aurora Borealis
Reported by Hull Daily Mail 9 hours ago.
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Canada: Weed Wars: Securities Commissions Weigh In On Aurora/CanniMed Hostile Bid - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
On November 29, 2017, CanniMed announced that it had adopted a poison pill.
Reported by Mondaq 1 hour ago.
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