Uber’s self-driving operations return to Toronto
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — December 20, 2018 — Uber’s autonomous operations (Advanced Technology Group “ATG”) will be returning to Toronto starting today, with humans operating the wheel. The ride-sharing service’s autonomous testing, which has been suspended since March after a pedestrian was struck and killed in Arizona, returns to Canada’s biggest city in the […]
Uber drivers now insured by Intact Insurance
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — August 17, 2018 —Intact insurance has teamed up with Uber to give rideshare drivers additional coverage to insure them in the event of an accident while on the job. This coverage would be added onto the drivers already existing plan. Currently Uber only exists in the […]
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 […]
AV Report, June 18, 2018
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 18, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: Daimler Trucks’ boss tempers AV hype, Toronto Pearson International airport opens up to Uber, Ford tests delivery van in Miami, and much, much more! A report in one of the world’s premier business newspapers, the Financial Times of […]
AV Report: The aftermath of pedestrian killed by self-driving Uber, winners of the AV race begin to emerge
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 2, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: The winners of the AV race begin to emerge, aftermath of the pedestrian killed by a self driving Uber and much, much more! The burgeoning AV sector is is suddenly evolving in some very interesting ways. The recent […]
Friday Fun: Telematics is “popular” Christmas gift; Ontario Police up game in catching distracted drivers
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 22, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, the importance of up-to-date shop surveillance, fitbits for cars, the sharp reduction in safety-rated vehicles, and much, much more. – A chat with a tech reporter on the local Toronto CBC radio station suggests that one of the […]
The Autonomous Report: FCA teams up with BMW on self-driving tech
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 20, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, Ford’s new automation-focused CEO steps out, old-timers get autonomous vehicles (AVs), 3M designs sensor-friendly stop signs and much, much more! – A press release notes that BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye have signed a memorandum of understanding with Fiat Chrysler […]
The Autonomous Report: Researchers find two methods to hack LiDAR
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 2, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into the potential for LiDAR hacking, how autonomous vehicles (AVs) are learning to deal with emergency vehicles, the role of rental car companies in Google’s grand plan, and much, much more! – A report from Deutsche Bank claims […]
Uber launching self-driving research centre in Toronto
Toronto, Ontario — May 8, 2017 — Uber has announced that Toronto will be home to its first Advanced Technologies Group branch outside the US. Raquel Urtasun will head up Uber’s efforts in Toronto. Urtasun is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. According to a statement from Uber, she is one of the […]
The Autonomous Report: Court battle between Google and Uber heats up
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 9, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at how advanced technology may lead to driver complacency and more crashes, the latest update on the court battle between Google and Uber over allegedly stolen tech, how a race between nine autonomous vehicles (AVs) only saw four […]
