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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Daimler opened on Thursday a Mercedes-Benz research and development center in Tel Aviv, one of a growing number of multinational firms seeking to tap into Israel’s auto technology expertise as the industry moves towards self-driving cars. The new center, which focuses on digital vehicle and mobility services, has 15 workers and…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Israeli start-up believes it can solve some of the tricky problems faced by self-driving cars by employing thermal cameras to detect heat from pedestrians, animals and objects, the latest technology being tested in the fast-growing industry. Start-up AdaSky announced on Monday that it had developed a far infrared (FIR) thermal…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls by putting federal regulators in the driver’s seat and barring states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The House measure, the first significant federal legislation aimed at speeding self-driving cars to market, would allow…
Intel is buying Israeli driverless car firm Mobileye for a whopping $15.3 billion, putting the tech company squarely in the game to develop self-driving vehicles and confirming the Jewish state’s status as an innovation hub. “Congratulations to Mobileye! Israeli genius, Israeli pride,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the deal’s announcement. Added Science…
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