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Robotaxi Startup Zoox Raises New Millions – Forbes

Lineup of Zoox L3 autonomous cars. Instagram Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox has signed a $200 million convertible note— the first new investment since the Silicon Valley company fired its co-founder and original CEO last year. The note is the initial step in closing the company’s Series C funding round that’s expected to be finalized later this… Continue reading Robotaxi Startup Zoox Raises New Millions – Forbes

A Waymo executive explains why the self-driving startup wants its rides to be ‘amazingly boring’ (GOOGL)

Waymo‘s chief external officer said the startup hopes its autonomous rides are “amazingly boring.” Tekedra Mawakana made the comments at Business Insider’s transportation-focused IGNITION event in San Francisco on Tuesday.  “People don’t trust what they’re not familiar with,” she said. “That makes sense. We see people take their first ride and they go from a… Continue reading A Waymo executive explains why the self-driving startup wants its rides to be ‘amazingly boring’ (GOOGL)

A 100x Investment (Part 1)

comma.ai has raised $8.1 million, Zoox has raised $990 million. Cruise and Waymo have raised even more. By my priors, this bothers me. How can I claim with a straight face we are going to win self driving cars, when, all else being equal, we appear much less likely to succeed. Although I lose sleep… Continue reading A 100x Investment (Part 1)

Self-Driving Requires Unprecedented Collaboration

By: Raj Kapoor, Chief Strategy Officer; and Luc Vincent, EVP Autonomous Driving In conversations about self-driving cars, people often talk about the rush to full autonomy like they’re commentators on a race — tracking new developments in technology, analyzing the strategic moves of the companies hurrying to be first. It’s easy to get caught up… Continue reading Self-Driving Requires Unprecedented Collaboration

Driverless cars are stuck in a jam – The Economist

FEW IDEAS have enthused technologists as much as the self-driving car. Advances in machine learning, a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI), would enable cars to teach themselves to drive by drawing on reams of data from the real world. The more they drove, the more data they would collect, and the better they would become.… Continue reading Driverless cars are stuck in a jam – The Economist

Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars – The Economist

THE SELF-DRIVING cars that cruise around South Ronghua Road look just like their American counterparts: chunky sedans with a rack of sensors bolted to the roof and a supercomputer in the boot. Beijing’s government has dubbed this south-eastern patch of the city Beijing-E-Town. It is one of a growing number of urban spaces across China… Continue reading Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars – The Economist

GROUPE RENAULT, WAYMO AND THE PARIS REGION ARE EXPLORING SETTING UP AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY SERVICE BETWEEN ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AND LA DEFENSE

An initiative that aims to deploy, in the years to come, a new service that will be beneficial to Île-de-France residents and tourists, complementary to the existing transport offering. This project is part of Groupe Renault’s commitment to offer innovative and accessible solutions to tackle urban environmental congestion and pave the way for the smart… Continue reading GROUPE RENAULT, WAYMO AND THE PARIS REGION ARE EXPLORING SETTING UP AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY SERVICE BETWEEN ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AND LA DEFENSE

Why I Ride with Waymo: Jean

Editor’s Note: In this next “Why I Ride with Waymo” post we catch up with Jean. Although she often rides with Waymo with her husband, Bob, Waymo offers them different benefits. For example, Bob likes how Waymo One allows them to be a one car household, while Jean prefers the predictably of Waymo One, especially… Continue reading Why I Ride with Waymo: Jean

Waymo and Renault to explore autonomous mobility route in Paris region

Waymo and Renault are working with the Paris region to explore the possibility of establishing an autonomous transportation route between Charles De Gaulle airport and La Défense, a neighbourhood just outside of Paris city limits that plays host to a large number of businesses and skyscrapers, including a large shopping center. This is part of… Continue reading Waymo and Renault to explore autonomous mobility route in Paris region