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  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Apple Inc
    Apple approached Nissan to work on autonomous car project

    Talks ended after disagreement over branding of iPhone maker’s secretive effort

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Lex
    Lyft/driverless cars: along for the ride Premium

    Company’s consumer-facing app could turn autonomous vehicles into viable commercial proposition

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    News in-depthSouth Korean business & finance
    Korea Inc seeks to corner global parts market for electric vehicles

    Hyundai revives past business model as components supplier as Big Tech shifts into auto industry

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    US takes a hard line on Russia, the way forward for Waymo

    After Russia arrests of thousands of protesters, EU leaders are set to meet on Monday

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Microsoft invests in $30bn driverless car company Cruise

    Software giant makes first major investment in sector in General Motors unit

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry worldwide

    An ‘iPhone business model’ would change traditional vertical integration

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Baidu teams up with Geely to make smart electric vehicles

    China’s leading search group and top carmaker to roll out new EVs brand

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    John Gapper
    Self-driving cars are dangerous in the wrong hands

    The unfulfilled promise of vehicle autonomy means that drivers have to learn new skills

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Waymo LLC
    Rolling out driverless cars is ‘extraordinary grind’, says Waymo boss

    Google sister company raised $3.2bn last year but John Krafcik says challenge remains huge

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  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Uber abandons effort to develop own self-driving vehicle

    Car-booking app transfers its technology at a marked-down price to rival Aurora

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Special Report
    The Future of Cities

    How to make cities more liveable and recycle retail space; three US mayors on the pandemic’s ‘Hunger Games’; smart water infrastructure to fight Covid-19; the resurgence of parks; how to prevent disaster in Manhattan and encourage more walking and cycling everywhere

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Waymo strikes self-driving lorry deal with Daimler Trucks

    Alphabet unit expands ambitions beyond carrying passengers to hauling freight

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    Volkswagen unit takes stake in self-driving truck start-up TuSimple

    Deal to jointly develop autonomous vehicles comes as San Diego group looks to public listing

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Special ReportE-mobility
    Microsoft sets sights on ‘auto connectivity’

    Tech giant has quietly developed unit to supply carmakers with ‘over-the-air’ software

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    LexSpecial purpose acquisition companies
    SPACs: auto traders Premium

    Luminar is the latest company to announce a reverse merger listing but the risks are substantial

  • Saturday, 22 August, 2020
    Will Aurora run out of road as west’s last self-driving unicorn?

    US start-up left without partners after consolidation in autonomous vehicle sector

  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
    Anthony Levandowski
    Ex-Google self-driving chief sentenced for stealing secrets

    Anthony Levandowski’s 18 months in prison delayed because of coronavirus pandemic

  • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
    Fiat Chrysler signs deal with Waymo as it ends Aurora ties

    Agreement will help Google sibling in attempt to bring its technology into the mainstream

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    Special ReportE-mobility
    Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure

    Sector focuses on long-haul trucks and passenger vehicles after ‘autonomous disillusionment’

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special Report
    AI & Robotics

    Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest

  • Friday, 26 June, 2020
    Amazon.com
    Amazon acquires self-driving start-up Zoox for over $1.2bn

    Deal is ecommerce group’s biggest investment in autonomous vehicle sector

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
    Lex
    Amazon/driverless cars: gadZoox Premium

    Ecommerce company reportedly interested in autonomous vehicle start-up

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Amazon/ Zoox: consolidation crunch

    Capital intensity in self-driving tech will define the competitive landscape going forward.

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
    Amazon in talks to buy driverless car start-up Zoox

    Acquisition would be first by ecommerce group of an autonomous vehicle company

  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Vaccine trial, China’s autonomous cars, Huawei

    Positive results from the first US Covid-19 trial raised investors’ hopes of an economic rebound

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