EV/AV Report: Tech shows and self-driving developments
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s EV/AV report, new vehicles on display at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Mercedes becomes the first OEM to commercially offer Level 3 autonomous vehicles in the United States and Microsoft may invest US$10m into a self-driving truck company, according to leaked info. This is the latest in electric […]
Cyber Chemistry: AkzoNobel to use Microsoft quantum computing for chemical simulations
Toronto, Ontario — AkzoNobel is getting in on the cutting edge of computer science, announcing Monday that it has partnered with Microsoft to utilize the company’s quantum computing capabilities to run simulations on chemical reactions. The partnership will see scientists from both companies collaborating to develop a “virtual laboratory” where experiments can be conducted via […]
Fused Fleets: Enterprise and Microsoft plan connected car tech in U.S. fleets, coming soon to Canada, U.K.
St. Louis, Missouri — Enterprise Holdings is working alongside Microsoft to bring connected car tech to Enterprise’s rental vehicles in the United States, coming shortly thereafter to Canada and the United Kingdom. Enterprise has already implemented the technology for hundreds of thousands of vehicles, with as many as 350,000 vehicles set to be connected by […]
The AV Report July, 27
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 27, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: The first-in-history Congressional hearing on flying taxis, Intact floats ‘real-time’ insurance pricing, Waymo chief tells governors AVs will launch later than expected, and much, much more! The LA Times notes that, “… a meeting of the House Committee […]
Volvo partners with Microsoft to drive next-gen auto technologies
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — November 23, 2015 — Volvo has announced it will partner with Microsoft to jointly develop next generation automotive technologies. Areas of future collaboration between the two companies could include autonomous driving technologies and the utilization of data generated from connected cars to create new services. For now, the two […]
