(Reuters) — Uber expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments, self-driving cars, is ready for wide-scale deployment, a senior scientist said on Monday, as the ride-sharing firm gears up to go public. Raquel Urtasun, who is chief scientist at Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) and heads the group’s unit… Continue reading Uber expects a long wait before self-driving cars dominate – VentureBeat
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UPDATE 1-Daimler CEO: Boeing safety debate highlights challenge for autonomous tech
STUTTGART (Reuters) – Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said on Tuesday the debate surrounding the safety of Boeing’s aircraft shows how hard it can be to win public acceptance for autonomous car technology. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche speaks during the China Development Forum in Beijing, China March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Pool In the wake of… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Daimler CEO: Boeing safety debate highlights challenge for autonomous tech
Aptiv to share its self-driving car data to help other researchers – CNET
Aptiv operates self-driving vehicles in partnership with Lyft in Las Vegas. Aptiv Automotive technology company Aptiv wants to help advanced research into computer vision and autonomous-driving technologies by sharing some of the information it has already gathered in the real world. Aptiv announced this week it will share what it’s calling the largest public dataset… Continue reading Aptiv to share its self-driving car data to help other researchers – CNET
Self-Driving Cars Are Here: Waymo Explains Why Hardly Anyone Can Ride One – Inverse
Autonomous cars are here, but they need to behave more like humans. Dmitri Dolgov, chief technology officer of Waymo, the autonomous car firm that started life as a Google internal project, said in an interview this week that while these cars are on the road already, big changes are coming that will enable them to… Continue reading Self-Driving Cars Are Here: Waymo Explains Why Hardly Anyone Can Ride One – Inverse
This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars
Take the Wheel Even today’s most advanced autonomous vehicles (AVs) can’t navigate roads with the same ease as human drivers. Sure, they might do fine on a long stretch of highway, but the vehicles often falter in the face of inclement weather, unpredictable pedestrians, or even birds and shadows. Now, Oregon-based startup Designated Driver has created a system, according… Continue reading This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars
Lidar startup Ouster raises $60 million in production run-up
Ouster has raised $60 million as the San Francisco-based lidar startup opens a new facility that will have the capacity to assemble and ship several thousand sensors a month by the end of 2019. The new factory, which will have a grand opening ceremony March 28, currently produces hundreds of sensors per month. Ouster says… Continue reading Lidar startup Ouster raises $60 million in production run-up
Velodyne’s Godfather Of Laser Sensors Hits $500 Million Milestone, Sets His Sights On Safer Self-Driving Cars – Forbes
Velodyne CEO and founder Dave Hall is finding new automotive applications for the laser lidar technology he developed more than a decade ago. Velodyne Spinning laser lidar sensors, invented by Velodyne’s David Hall more than a decade ago, helped kick off a race to create self-driving cars. As his company marks a sales milestone for… Continue reading Velodyne’s Godfather Of Laser Sensors Hits $500 Million Milestone, Sets His Sights On Safer Self-Driving Cars – Forbes
Velodyne on Nvidia platform & Lidotive’s new lidar system
The top dog in the lidar sensor area, Velodyne, is available on the Nvidia Drive platform. The manufacturer Lumotive has developed a new Lidarsensor-type, which is inexpensive and small. The market for lidar sensors is contested, not least has Google’s sister Waymo started their eyelid sensors too marketto cover the costs of developing autonomous driving.… Continue reading Velodyne on Nvidia platform & Lidotive’s new lidar system
Renault Nissan Mitsubishi uses Microsoft cloud
Now the alliance (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) has also switched to Azure’s cloud. More and more manufacturers are moving their data centers to the Microsoft cloud: Azure. Just recently Daimler his Moving completed and also Volkswagen cooperates with Microsoft. Now also has the alliance consisting of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, decided to use the Azure cloud. Renault Nissan… Continue reading Renault Nissan Mitsubishi uses Microsoft cloud
Tesla alleges self-driving car startup Zoox stole company secrets
Bloomberg via Getty Images Tesla filed a lawsuit this week against four former employees for allegedly stealing trade secrets and providing them to a rival company. According to the complaint filed with the US district court for Northern California, the ex-Tesla workers gave confidential information to autonomous vehicle start-up Zoox. The documents allegedly allowed the… Continue reading Tesla alleges self-driving car startup Zoox stole company secrets