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🚗🤖 𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗠𝗢 𝘅 𝗧𝗢𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗔: 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 Waymo and Toyota Motor Corporation have signed a preliminary agreement to explore a strategic partnership focused on two major goals: 🔹 A new autonomous vehicle platform – potentially powering future ride-hailing fleets 🔹 Integration into personally owned vehicles (POVs) – bringing Waymo’s self-driving tech directly to consumers Woven by Toyota, the automaker’s innovation arm, will support with advanced software and mobility expertise. Both companies share a bold vision: safer roads, increased mobility for all, and a world with zero traffic accidents. This move marks another step in Waymo’s shift from R&D to real-world, scalable applications – and it could reshape how autonomy shows up in both commercial and personal transport. #autonomousvehicles #mobility #waymo #toyota #adas #autonomousdriving

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📘 New SAE International Publication: Dictionary of ADAS and Connected Vehicles 🚗 I’m excited to share the release of SAE International’s Dictionary of ADAS and Connected Vehicles, a project for which I was honored as lead author. As ADAS and connected vehicle technologies continue to evolve rapidly, one issue consistently shows up across engineering, safety, and regulatory conversations: we’re not always using the same language. This dictionary was developed to provide clear, authoritative, and standards-aligned definitions across ADAS, connected systems, and automated driving technologies. The goal is simple but critical — create a shared technical foundation that supports better engineering decisions, clearer communication, and more effective collaboration across disciplines. Whether you’re designing systems, managing risk, developing policy, or teaching the next generation of engineers, this reference is designed to clarify a complex, fast-moving space. 📖 Published by SAE International 📅 January 2026 #ADAS #ConnectedVehicles #AutomotiveEngineering #SystemSafety #AutonomousVehicles #VehicleConnectivity #SAEInternational #MobilityInnovation #EngineeringStandards #Leadership

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DON'T MISS Forth Roadmap 2025, in Detroit, The Motor City, October 14 – 16, 2025. The Forth Roadmap Conference is the nation’s premier gathering of transportation electrification leaders, bringing together policymakers, utilities, automakers, charging providers, fleet managers, and more to drive solutions and power change. See EVinfo.net's article: https://lnkd.in/gB4QyHMf Forth Mobility, a nonprofit dedicated to electrifying transportation, builds inclusive, sustainable mobility systems to cut pollution and dismantle barriers to clean transportation. With equity at its core, Forth ensures marginalized communities have access to the benefits of electrification through initiatives like rural EV carsharing (CRuSE in Oregon), charging access for low-income service agencies (SiLVERS in Missouri), fair financing for rideshare drivers, and electric tractor pilots for agriculture. Forth’s work spans five areas: Access to Electric Cars – Carsharing, mobile showcases, EV loans, and gig driver support. Access to Charging – Workplace, multifamily, and community-based charging solutions. Emerging Modes – E-bikes, school buses, farm equipment, and micromobility for underserved areas. Policy & Leadership – Advocacy, TEEM community-building, and post-oil funding models. Industry Engagement – Pilots, utility partnerships, and the Roadmap Conference. Led by Executive Director Jeff Allen and a dedicated team, Forth connects innovation with justice, ensuring clean mobility reaches every community. Forth is doing GREAT work and is highly recommended by EVinfo.net, along with the Electrification Coalition, VELOZ, Zero Emission Transportation Association and Plug In America, similar orgs working to accelerate EV adoption. Please support their important work. EVinfo.net is an EV-influencer led publication, offering sponsored articles, interviews and more to the EV industry: https://lnkd.in/gH5Gdqb7 Sign up for the EVinfo.net e-news: https://lnkd.in/gHq6iA2p #evcharging #electricvehicles

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GM's new Chief Product Officer, Sterling Anderson - recently hired from Aurora, has reaffirmed the company's commitment to autonomous driving. However, unlike their abandoned robotaxi play (Cruise), they will now focus on developing ADAS/AD features for passenger vehicles. Having retained members of the Cruise team for this project, they announced a new recruitment drive to build a new team of autonomy experts at their Mountain View location and will even try to rehire some of the Cruise team who were impacted by layoffs in order to achieve their goal to "accelerate autonomy at scale on personal autonomous vehicles.” It will be interesting to see if ex-Cruisers who were impacted by layoffs would now consider returning to GM... https://lnkd.in/epJG2ZdE

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What happens when two industry leaders join forces? Magna and NVIDIA are pushing the boundaries of mobility with AI-driven, software-defined vehicles. From scalable ADAS to L4 autonomy, this partnership is shaping the future of driving. Hear Steven Jenkins, VP of Technology & Strategy at Magna, share how this collaboration is unlocking next-gen vehicle intelligence on SAE International's Tomorrow Today podcast: https://bit.ly/478ajve #MagnaInnovation

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Stereo vision in cars isn't new. Subaru’s EyeSight has been a market leader for years. But a new approach is emerging that’s less of an iteration and more of a fundamental rethink, cleverly blending sensors and software to hit a sweet spot in the cost vs. performance curve for L2+ systems. What makes this implementation so compelling isn’t just the use of two cameras, but the thoughtful integration of three key elements: 1 In-Camera IMU Fusion: A 6-axis, ASIL-grade IMU is fused directly within the dual high-resolution camera module itself. From an engineering perspective, this is elegant. It provides great ego-motion data right at the source, dramatically improving depth stability and odometry during quick maneuvers or on roads with poor lane markings. 2 Stereo-Enhanced Occupancy: The system pairs the hardware with a stereo-driven occupancy network. This moves perception beyond a library of known objects (cars, pedestrians). It allows the vehicle to perceive arbitrary obstacles in true metric 3D, understanding the space they occupy. This is critical for handling unexpected road debris or complex cut-in scenarios with more confidence than monocular systems that rely on learned scale. 3 Mass-Market Business Case: Here’s the crucial part. This technology isn't being gatekept for premium models. It’s being deployed in high-volume, cost-sensitive vehicles. It provides a viable path to robust L2+ functionality without the significant BOM increase and packaging challenges of multi-LiDAR setups. While a LiDAR-centric stack will always have an edge in severe weather, this "stereo+" approach carves out a massive and pragmatic middle ground. It offers a tangible performance jump over single-camera systems without a huge cost penalty. It’s a powerful reminder that the most impactful innovation is often found in the intelligent synthesis of existing technologies, creating a whole that is far greater than the sum of its parts. #ADAS #L2+ #StereoVision #SensorFusion

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Torc Robotics has officially expanded autonomous truck testing to public roads in Michigan, alongside Daimler Truck North America, and in partnership with Michigan Economic Development Corporation. New roads. New conditions. Real-world validation. Another milestone on the long road to safe, scalable commercialization. https://bit.ly/4s7Px6b #TorcDriven

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