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Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver around different cities across the globe. Now, Yandex says its trials have been a resounding success. The vehicles recently hit a major milestone by driving over 10 million kilometers (over six million miles) in autonomous mode, with the majority of the distance traveled in… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. is closing in on an agreement to make electric vehicles in India for the first time, opening up a new growth opportunity after setting up production in China. Tesla has picked Karnataka, a southern state whose capital is Bangalore, for its first plant, the state’s chief minister said over the weekend. The automaker has been negotiating with local officials for six months and is actively considering car assembly in the suburbs of Bangalore, people familiar with the… Source link

Ford Motor Co. plans to use Google’s Android operating system to power its vehicle display screens starting in 2023, the latest auto maker to tap Silicon Valley amid the accelerating digitization of the car business. The Dearborn, Mich.-based car company said Monday it has entered into a six-year agreement with the tech giant to embed Google’s suite of apps, including voice commands and navigation, in multimedia displays on all Ford models outside of China. … Source link

The list of things that are gearing up because of the EV boom is a long and lucrative one. It’s not just about EVs anymore. EVs are simply one delivery mechanism in a massive worldwide energy transition.  Sure, September saw record EV sales up 91% year-on-year, with UBS forecasting that EV market share will reach 40% by 2030, and Tesla planning to rapidly accelerate production with 3 new factories in 3 countries and 20 million EVs coming off the line by 2030, for a 40x increase over this… Source link

Self-driving cars are yet to become the everyday reality in Europe, but one European tech giant is racing to compete with Google’s Waymo and Uber on autonomous vehicles. Russia’s Yandex has been developing autonomous vehicles since 2016, and in the four years since says it has racked up 4 million driverless kilometers across its operating markets of Russia, Israel, and latterly the US. Longtime Yandex engineer Dmitry Polishchuk runs the firm’s self-driving division,… Source link

Yandex’s self-driving car unit has accelerated through the coronavirus pandemic, becoming one of the world’s top 3 companies for the number of miles driven by automated vehicles. In a conference call with investors Tuesday, the Russian technology giant dubbed ‘Russia’s Google’ said its fleet of 130 vehicles had passed four million miles in autonomous driving.  The milestone is the latest in Yandex’s heavy investment into driverless technology. The mile count has… Source link