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New funding from Samsung Catalyst and SoftBank Ventures Korea follows investments from Delphi Automotive, Magna International, others KFAR SABA, ISRAEL — October 31, 2017 — Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today an extension of its recent Series B funding round. Bringing the round to $73 million in
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Strategic partners Delphi Automotive and Magna International join new and existing investors to back Innoviz’s groundbreaking solid-state LiDAR technology on heels of strong adoption KFAR SABA, Israel, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions designed for the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles, announced today that it has raised $65 million in Series B funding as its groundbreaking
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Tel Aviv Municipal launched its car-sharing initiative that will allow road users to access 260 shared vehicles within the city limits, in an effort to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution and car ownership. “Auto-Tel” the new car-sharing service which was unveiled in January 2017 will be operated by Israeli based Shamir Group’s startup CAR2GO (not to be confused with Daimler’s car-sharing
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Arbe Robotics, based in Tel Aviv, has built an ultra-low C-SWAP (Cost, Size, Weight and Power) full 360 degrees radar system that combines hardware and software to allow autonomous drones to detect and avoid objects up to 1km away, up from 150 metres in the first iteration of its product. “The main advantage of radar is that radar sees everything,”
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Israel is planning to bolster its high-tech arsenal by deploying fully autonomous military vehicles along the country’s dangerous border with Gaza, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) official told FoxNews.com, citing the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), snipers, anti-tank missiles and terrorist tunnels. Working with Israeli defense specialist Elbit Systems, IDF has equipped Ford F-350 pickup trucks with specialized remote driving
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Google began a pilot program around its California headquarters in May that enables several thousand area workers at specific firms to use the Waze app to connect with fellow commuters. It plans to open the program to all San Francisco-area Waze users this fall. Waze wants to connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction. The
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By pressing a button, the glass opaque and screen In a button the car window turns dark, the next moment it is again transparent. The technology of Gauzy sounds simple – but behind it an enormous computing power. The discs have a special coating to which a particular pattern is as loaded onto a screen. “We have tried to write
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