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Sunnyvale, Calif., will host both a research and development semiconductor facility and serve as joint headquarters for Natcast and the National Semiconductor Technology Center.

The business said late last week that it had raised $5.6 billion in new capital at an undisclosed value. The financing was led by Alphabet, which also owns Google.

Automated driving technology company Plus has been ramping up on-road testing of autonomous heavy-duty trucks in the United States and Europe in cooperation with Traton Group.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. have agreed to invest billions to develop autonomous driving software assisted by artificial intelligence.

PITTSBURGH — Autonomous truck company Aurora Innovation says it won’t start hauling freight without humans on board until April of next year, a delay from the end of 2024.

Since May, the independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck has been conducting fully driverless truck tests on a multi-lane test track in Texas, the company revealed Oct. 29.

There are now rules of the road for self-driving vehicles in Pennsylvania.

A growing number of companies are bringing automation to agriculture. It could ease the sector’s labor shortage, help farmers manage costs and protect workers from extreme heat. 

Autonomous electric yard tractor software developer Outrider raised $62 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round, it said Oct. 24.

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, raised $5.6 billion from investors, its largest-ever funding round.