Image: MIT CSAIL Advertisement Editor’s Picks One of the truisms of the self-driving car business is that you can’t begin to function properly without super-detailed, constantly updated digital maps that show buildings, trees, and other features. That might seem no problem at all if you’re a Google spinoff called Waymo. After all, your corporate parent… Continue reading Self-Driving Cars Won’t Need Accurate Digital Maps, MIT Experts Say
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Waymo van involved in serious collision in Arizona
A Waymo self-driving vehicle was involved in a serious accident in Chandler, Arizona earlier this afternoon. Local police have said that there were minor injuries from the incident after a sedan swerved into the Waymo van to avoid another collision, ABC 15 reported. I’ve contacted the Chandler police department for more information. Although Waymo has… Continue reading Waymo van involved in serious collision in Arizona
Volkswagen in JV talks with China’s Didi to manage fleet, co-develop cars
April 30, 2018 Volkswagen AG, the world’s biggest automaker, is in talks to form a joint venture with China’s Didi Chuxing to manage part of the ride-hailing company’s fleet of cars and help develop “purpose-built” vehicles for Didi‘s services. As part of the deal between Volkswagen and China’s biggest ride-hailing service, expected to be signed… Continue reading Volkswagen in JV talks with China’s Didi to manage fleet, co-develop cars
Insight: Waymo – Google’s self-driving division
The boss of the most powerful self-driving car technology company in the world has a Porsche 911 GT3 on order. And a Caterham in his garage. And two more Porsche 911s nestling alongside that: a 997-series C2 S and a 964-series Targa. Easy natured and always the evangelist, John Krafcik – CEO of Waymo, part… Continue reading Insight: Waymo – Google’s self-driving division
How Tesla and Waymo are tackling a major problem for self-driving cars: data
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
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