Autonomous vehicles

The race for the autonomous car reaches its peak – Google’s big announcement

Waymo’s full autonomous service launches in Miami, marking a milestone in U.S. driverless transport. Thousands have registered; service runs in key city areas.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Waymo. Wide U.S. rollout.
URAV 2026.

The future of autonomous vehicles arrives in Jerusalem

Next month, the international conference on unmanned, remote and autonomous vehicles will take place in the capital city: “At the threshold of a decade in which the rules of the game will change”.

|ByLIOR NOVIK/MAARIV
Mobileye has agreed to acquire Mentee Robotics, a robotics startup also founded by Amnon Shashua

Israel's Mobileye buys CEO Shashua's Mentee Robotics for $900 million

Mobileye has $1.7 billion in cash, so even after the transaction it will hold over $1 billion in cash

|ByASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS
NVIDIA in Israel.

Autonomous vehicles, AI, and medicine: NVIDIA’s entry into Israel is highly significant

NVIDIA is expanding its operations in Israel with a new employment campus in Kiryat Tivon, offering a glimpse into how a single technology became the foundation of entire industries.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

Intel demos autonomous car equipped only with cameras in Jerusalem

Mobileye, Intel's Israel-based autonomous driving unit, showed the car navigating through four-way intersections with no traffic lights, and changing lanes to weave into traffic.

JANUARY 7, 2020ByREUTERS
A general view of a Mobileye autonomous driving test vehicle, at the Mobileye headquarters in Jerusalem

The road ahead for self-driving cars

Self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles (AVs), connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), driverless cars, robo-cars or robotic cars, appear to be the upcoming thing.

NOVEMBER 17, 2019ByJASON BLACKSHAW