Eric Walz
Originally from New Jersey, Eric is a automotive & technology reporter covering the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley. Eric has over 15 years of automotive experience and a bachelors degree in computer science. These skills, combined with technical writing and news reporting, allows him to fully understand and identify new and innovative technologies in the auto industry and beyond. He has worked at Uber on self-driving cars and as a technical writer, helping people to understand and work with technology. Outside of work, Eric likes to travel to new places, play guitar, and explore the outdoors.
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Waymo is Offering Free WiFi in its Robo-Taxis to Lure in Riders
Jul 08, 2019 1:53 PM WSTWaymo is testing complimentary Wi-Fi in its autonomous taxis in the Phoenix area where it is currently testing its Waymo One service.
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Former Tesla VP of Production Joins Rival Electric Automaker Lucid Motors
Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM WSTOn Monday, Tesla rival Lucid Motors announced today that it hired Peter Hochholdinger to serve as vice president of vehicle manufacturing. Hochholdinger worked at Tesla for the past three years overseeing the production of the Model 3.
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Baidu Announces 'Apollo Lite' a Camera-based Autonomous Driving Technology
Jun 21, 2019 9:00 AM WSTBaidu announced its camera-based Apollo Lite this week. Apollo Lite is a vision-based autonomous driving solution that leverages multiple cameras to achieve Level 4 (L4) autonomous driving.
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Volvo & NVIDIA Announce a New Partnership to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
Jun 18, 2019 1:23 PM WSTVolvo Trucks and chipmaker Nvidia today announced a new partnership in which the two companies will work together developing commercial autonomous trucks using hardware and software developed by Nvidia.
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NVIDIA Unveils a 'Supercomputer' to Speed Development of Self-Driving Cars
Jun 17, 2019 1:13 PM WSTSilicon Valley-based chipmaker NVIDIA just unveiled its new DGX “SuperPOD”, which the company says is one of the world’s fastest supercomputers that includes AI infrastructure to meet the massive demands of the company’s autonomous-vehicle deployment program.
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Self-driving Truck Startup TuSimple Launching ‘Autonomous Vehicle Operations Specialist Program’ with Local College
Jun 14, 2019 3:55 PM WSTArizona-based self-driving truck startup TuSimple and Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona announced the first ever autonomous driving certificate program that will train truck drivers to oversee and operate autonomous trucks.
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Tesla Denied Tariff Exemption for Chinese-made CPU in the Model 3
Jun 13, 2019 11:41 AM WSTElectric automaker Tesla sought since last summer a tariff exemption for the Chinese made “brain” or CPU that is used in the Model 3 and another for the center-mounted touchscreen display. Both requests have been officially denied.
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Uber Debuts its New Self-Driving Volvo XC90 SUVs, Designed to Operate Without a Safety Driver
Jun 12, 2019 1:32 PM WSTToday, Uber unveiled its next-generation self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs during day 2 of the “Uber Elevate” summit in Washington DC. Eventually, Uber plans to deploy thousands of the driverless Volvo’s as part of its ride-hailing network, lessening its reliance on human drivers.
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BMW Introduces ‘Smart Glasses’ to Assist Service Technicians at its U.S. Dealerships
Jun 11, 2019 11:44 AM WSTBMW unveiled an all-new Technical Information System, which when combined with a pair of augmented reality glasses, becomes an intuitive multimedia platform for advanced technical support.
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Silicon Valley Startup Aurora to Work with Fiat Chrysler on a Self-Driving Platform
Jun 10, 2019 1:33 PM WSTSilicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup Aurora Innovation Inc, co-founded by three industry veterans in 2017, today announced that it will supply automaker Fiat Chrysler with a self-driving platform.
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