Original Source: http://for.tn/1U6XTb9 by Dan Primack , Kirsten Korosec @danprimack MARCH 11, 2016, 9:36 AM EST Automaker spends big to help cars drive themselves. General Motors GM 1.27% this morning announced that it will acquire Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based developer of autonomous vehicle technology. No financial terms were disclosed, but Fortune has learned from a sourceRead more
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By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Deals, Transportation | Comments are Closed | 11 March, 2016 | 0
By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Transportation, Venture Capital | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2016 | 0
Original Source: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/01/29/self-driving-car-tech-mit-spinoff-nutonomy-receives-3-6m/ Some of Nutonomy’s team, which is split between Cambridge and Singapore. At an office in Kendall Square, an MIT spinoff called Nutonomy is working on technology that could very well power many of the self-driving cars we’ll start seeing in the next decade or so. Even a year after being co-founded by MITRead more
By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Energy, Transportation | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2016 | 0
Original Source: http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/05/google-is-exploring-wireless-charging-for-self-driving-cars/ Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images Self-driving cars are poised to be an incredible tool of the future, but they won’t be much use if they can’t hold a charge. It looks like Google wants to solve this problem via resonant magnetic induction, a form of wireless charging that could use manhole-style transmitters embedded inRead more