Tag: Waymo/Google

Ford says slow-and-steady will win the self-driving car race

Ford doesn’t want to be the first company to offer self-driving cars to the public; it it wants to be the brand most synonymous with the word “trust” — at least, that’s what the company says in its self-driving safety report, which it delivered to the US Department of Transportation Thursday. The 44-page document, entitled… Continue reading Ford says slow-and-steady will win the self-driving car race

Tesla shareholders who sell if EV maker goes private will be losers for one big reason: A.I.

Nidhi Kalra, senior information scientist for the nonprofit research organization RAND Corporation, has said that any simulation used by Waymo or another Tesla competitor is a simplification of the real world: “Real-world miles still really, really matter. That’s where, literally, the rubber meets the road, and there’s no substitute for it.” Billions of new sensors… Continue reading Tesla shareholders who sell if EV maker goes private will be
losers for one big reason: A.I.

Apple hints at plan to build a car after all as it rehires ex-Tesla engineering head

If you’re looking for hints that Apple might deliver on its long-rumored plan to develop its own car, a significant one landed this week after it emerged that Doug Field — Apple’s former VP of Mac hardware engineering — has rejoined from the company after a spell with Tesla. John Gruber at Daring Fireball broke… Continue reading Apple hints at plan to build a car after all as it rehires ex-Tesla engineering head

Scale raises $18 million to label data from autonomous car companies like Lyft and Embark

Autonomous cars need data. Lots of data. According to research conducted by the Rand Corporation, they’ll have to drive hundreds of millions or even billions of miles to demonstrate their safety. Companies like Waymo are well on their way; the average self-driving vehicle is projected to generate more than 300 terabytes per year. But collecting data isn’t the only… Continue reading Scale raises $18 million to label data from autonomous car companies like Lyft and Embark

Uber Kills Self-Driving Truck Division, Clearing the Road for Tesla

BYE, BYE AUTONOMOUS SEMI. Just under two years ago, Uber bought Otto, a startup focused on developing self-driving trucks. Now, Uber is bidding adieu to its plans for autonomous shipping, at least for the time being. On Monday, the company revealed in a statement that it’s closing its self-driving truck division. Uber’s self-driving trucks were seen on… Continue reading Uber Kills Self-Driving Truck Division, Clearing the Road for Tesla

Renovo partners with aiPod to deploy self-driving cars in London and beyond

Renovo is licensing its technology to yet another self-driving startup—this time aiPod—in its bid to sell a platform that will enable companies to deploy commercial fleets of fully automated vehicles. Fleets of autonomous vehicles that can safely pick up and drop off people and packages will require more than an AI system that can brake,… Continue reading Renovo partners with aiPod to deploy self-driving cars in London and beyond

Waymo strikes deals with Walmart, others to boost access to self-driving cars

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Waymo unveils a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. on January 8, 2017. Waymo, the Alphabet company that spun out of Google’s former self-driving car division, is partnering with some of the country’s largest companies to expand how many people have access to its self-driving vehicles.

Look inside the new headquarters of self-driving car company Zoox in Foster City

Jul 26, 2018, 6:26am PDT Self-driving car company Zoox is on a growth streak in more than one sense, landing $500 million in new funding and moving into a new Foster City headquarters this year. Zoox’s $500 million funding round brought its valuation to $3.2 billion. The money will help fuel Zoox’s focus on building… Continue reading Look inside the new headquarters of self-driving car company Zoox in Foster City