There’s a race happening right now that stretches from Silicon Valley to Detroit and back: who can make a self-driving car that behaves better than a human driver? It’s a far harder task than it sounded even a few years ago because human drivers know a lot — not just about their cars but about… Continue reading How Tesla and Waymo are tackling a major problem for self-driving cars: data
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Scoop launches carpooling service in Portland, partners with OHSU
News Brief: Scoop is bringing its carpooling service to Portland, Ore. The Bay Area-based company offers an app that lets users carpool to work with colleagues and neighbors, matching them based on algorithms. Scoop focuses on partnering with large employers and city organizations; in Portland, it announced Oregon Health Science University as an early partner. Scoop… Continue reading Scoop launches carpooling service in Portland, partners with OHSU
LIDAR maker Luminar is scaling up and slashing costs in effort to dominate self-driving cars
Self-driving cars won’t change society if the sensors that allow them to “see” their environment remain too expensive to produce at scale. Until recently, the only company that made reliable LIDAR, the laser sensor that sends millions of laser points out per second and measures how long they take to bounce back, was Velodyne. But… Continue reading LIDAR maker Luminar is scaling up and slashing costs in effort to dominate self-driving cars
Waymo reportedly applies to put autonomous cars on California roads with no safety drivers
Waymo has become the second company to apply for the newly-available permit to deploy autonomous vehicles without safety drivers on some California roads, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It would be putting its cars — well, minivans — on streets around Mountain View, where it already has an abundance of data. The company already has… Continue reading Waymo reportedly applies to put autonomous cars on California roads with no safety drivers
Inside BMW’s Autonomous Driving Campus and plans
Dr. Dirk Wisselmann, senior expert for autonomous driving at BMW, tells me that the automaker’s first level 3 car will have the technical capabilities for level 4 or 5 highway driving. “We can create a software update (for the car) and inform our drivers, ‘We are are very confident on this road. We are very… Continue reading Inside BMW’s Autonomous Driving Campus and plans
Waymo: Tests without Travelers in California
Google’s sister, Waymo, will be the second company to test in California without a Traveler. Since April is it in California allowed to test the autonomous driving on the public road, without persons for monitoring in the vehicle. For this you have to have installed a remote control. Further relaxations are intended, Waymo car. Source:… Continue reading Waymo: Tests without Travelers in California
Waymo formally applies for fully driverless car tests in California
JasonDoiy via Getty Images Waymo has officially applied to the California DMV to test autonomous cars without drivers in the state. A source told the San Francisco Chronicle that the company will start trials around its Mountain View headquarters where it’s been testing its self-driving Chrysler Pacific minivans, though those had personnel behind the wheel… Continue reading Waymo formally applies for fully driverless car tests in California
VW replaces CEO Matthias Mueller amid group restructure
Volkswagen has announced that Herbert Diess will take over from Matthias Mueller as chief executive. Diess is a former BMW executive who has overseen the core Volkswagen brand since 2015. He will head up the management board that reports to the group’s board of directors and take charge of vehicle development and research as well… Continue reading VW replaces CEO Matthias Mueller amid group restructure
A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales
Austin Russell, Luminar’s CEO and co-founder, is convinced his company has the most advanced, highest resolution laser LIDAR sensor on the market and he’s quickly boosting production to supply autonomous vehicle test fleets. One year after emerging from stealth mode Luminar, a maker of laser LiDAR sensors for self-driving vehicles led by 23-year-old optics whiz… Continue reading A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales
Thiel-Backed Autonomous Car Supplier Slashing Cost, Scaling Up
Luminar Technologies Inc., the self-driving sensor startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, is rolling out a cheaper-to-make version of its laser technology and ramping up production to supply the key component for autonomous vehicles. The startup released a new sensor platform Thursday that reduces the cost of its most expensive part from tens of thousands… Continue reading Thiel-Backed Autonomous Car Supplier Slashing Cost, Scaling Up