Currently reading: Why GM’s Cruise division is bullish despite losing $5m a day Europe-bound General Motors’s autonomous driving arm lost $500m in Q2 2022, but bosses anticipate a turnaround Open gallery GM CEO Mary Barra said in July that Cruise could eventually raise $50 billion per year Cruise currently uses a fleet of adapted Chevrolet… Continue reading Why GM’s Cruise division is bullish despite losing $5m a day
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Waymo: benchmarking NIEON and insurance
The Google sister Waymo Driver is compared to attentive drivers and research is being conducted with Swiss Re on insurance for autonomous driving. Waymo is the top dog among the participants in the autonomous driving industry and this is now to be underlined with a comparison. Autonomous driving, as people never tire of emphasizing, can… Continue reading Waymo: benchmarking NIEON and insurance
Benchmarking AV Safety: Demonstrating how the Waymo Driver outperforms the collision responses of always attentive human drivers via industry-leading assessment methods
Autonomous driving technology has the potential to dramatically improve road safety and save millions of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Yet, there are still no universally accepted approaches for evaluating the safety of autonomous driving systems. “How safe is safe enough?” and “How do autonomously driven vehicles perform compared to a human driver?” are… Continue reading Benchmarking AV Safety: Demonstrating how the Waymo Driver outperforms the collision responses of always attentive human drivers via industry-leading assessment methods
Argo AI’s robotaxis officially available via Lyft in Austin
Ride-hailing giant Lyft and autonomous vehicle technology company Argo AI are now officially offering public robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. This is the second city in which Lyft and Argo are operating a commercial robotaxi service after Miami, which launched in December. Riders in Austin will have the option of choosing a driverless commute directly… Continue reading Argo AI’s robotaxis officially available via Lyft in Austin
Waymo pitted its autonomous vehicles against a virtual superhuman driver to see which was safer
/ Measuring its AVs against normal drivers wasn’t enough for Waymo, so the company created a model for a non-impaired person whose eyes are always on the road. Then it ran a bunch of crash simulations to see which was best. Waymo says it has created a new benchmark to measure the safety of its… Continue reading Waymo pitted its autonomous vehicles against a virtual superhuman driver to see which was safer
Zoomcar achieves over 25,000 registered vehicles on its car sharing marketplace
Impressive milestone accomplished within just 12 months since marketplace launch BANGALORE, India, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Zoomcar, the leading marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, today announced it has achieved more than 25,000 registered vehicles on its marketplace platform globally. Zoomcar achieved this impressive milestone within just 12 months of launching its marketplace.… Continue reading Zoomcar achieves over 25,000 registered vehicles on its car sharing marketplace
Waymo and Swiss Re’s new research collaboration
Waymo and Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, today announced a research collaboration aimed at developing new risk assessment methodologies, which would provide guidance for the insurance industry in properly assessing AV risk. Autonomous driving technology will lead to a significant shift in risk rating factors, from human-driver-centric to vehicle-centric. Furthermore,… Continue reading Waymo and Swiss Re’s new research collaboration
Welcoming Elisa de Martel, Waymo’s Chief Financial Officer
I’m so pleased to share that Elisa de Martel, a finance executive with 20+years of experience leading private and public companies, is joining Waymo as our Chief Financial Officer. Elisa brings powerful value to Waymo with her depth of financial leadership experience spanning both tech and traditional automotive industries. Elisa’s global, strategic perspective positions us… Continue reading Welcoming Elisa de Martel, Waymo’s Chief Financial Officer
Informing smarter lidar solutions for the future
Lidar — which helps the Waymo Driver perceive the world around it in 3D — has become more common than ever before. Car manufacturers are integrating it into driver-assist systems; phone manufacturers are using it to enhance augmented reality capabilities, and robot vacuums even rely on it to better map the layout of your home.… Continue reading Informing smarter lidar solutions for the future
German Manager Magazin: Amazon: Attack on the German car industry002021
In the slipstream of Google (Waymo) and Apple (Apple Car), the third US tech giant has also advanced into the heart of the modern car industry: Amazon. Jeff Bezos’ (58) group first offered services through its data subsidiary AWS, but the Americans now provide entire infotainment systems and complex control software such as Stellantis (Peugeot,… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Amazon: Attack on the German car industry002021