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California approves its first commercial driverless delivery service 3 months 13 hours 11 minutes ago Thursday, December 24 2020 Dec 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 8:54 AM December 24, 2020 in News Source: BBC News For the first time, California residents can legally receive deliveries from a driverless vehicle delivery service. According to the BBC, a robotics start-up called 'Nuro' expects to launch its driverless delivery service in the state by 2021. In April, California became Nuro's testing ground for its R2 vehicles, but now that the company has legal approval for its delivery service it ...

US tech giant reportedly on track to launch first passenger car in 2024 using all-new, low-cost battery technology US tech giant Apple is reportedly on track to launch its first passenger car in 2024 using all-new battery technology that is set to radically reduce the cost of EVs. According to Reuters, the iPhone creator’s car-making plans, known as Project Titan, hit the buffers in 2018 when it temporarily abandoned its electric vehicle production program and decided to concentrate on developing software instead. Redundancies followed, but now Apple has progressed enough that it’s back ...

Nuro can now charge for robot deliveries in California Share this story Nuro is now the first company in California that’s allowed to operate autonomous cars commercially (via TechCrunch). The company received a permit that allowed it to test its robots earlier this year, but this permit will allow the firm to actually charge people for the service. According to a Medium post by Nuro’s chief legal and policy officer, the company is planning to “announce [its] first deployment in California with an established partner.” Who that partner is remains to be seen, but it’s likely to be a...

Updated on December 22, 2020 at 9:51 am Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple is making a bold move into the electric car market, with a 2024 target date for producing a passenger e-vehicle using its own battery technology, according to a report Monday from Reuters, citing people familiar with the program. The Cupertino-based iPhone maker would be in direct competition with Palo Alto-based electric vehicle pioneer Tesla and Google's Waymo if and when its vehicle hits the market. Apple launched its e-vehicle efforts, know as Project Titan, back in 2014 but hit a number of barriers that ultimately...

Here's the robotaxi Amazon wants you to ride around in By: CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business     (CNN) -- Zoox, Amazon's self-driving vehicle startup, revealed a prototype of its robotaxi Monday that could one day spend 16 hours a day offering rides in cities. But if you're hoping for a trip anytime soon, don't hold your breath. Zoox won't say when the public will be able to ride in the vehicle, nor even when Zoox will first test it on public roads. Zoox also didn't say if the vehicle will ever carry Amazon packages. Zoox's vehicle is a depar...