Self-driving tech startup Waabi has deployed its first robot trucks and intends to commercialize its system faster than bigger, wealthier competitors. Waabi Autonomous driving startup Waabi just deplo...
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Robot Truck Developer TuSimple At Risk Of Nasdaq Delisting After Founders Fire Its Board
Xiaodi Hou, cofounder and ex-CEO of TuSimple has fired the company’s board with the aid of fellow cofounder Mo Chen. Tim Pannell/The Forbes Collection TuSimple, a leading developer of autonomous...
Why Don’t You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet? This 2-Part Series Explains The Big Remaining Problems
When will you have or ride in a self-driving car? What’s stopping you? Brad Templeton / Cruise People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lo...
Cruise ‘Recalls’ Robotaxis After Crash, But The Recall Is The Wrong Mechanism
A Cruise robotaxi picks up a passenger at night, which is when they operate Cruise In June, General Motor’s “Cruise” unit, which is operating unmanned robotaxis at night in San Francisco, and about to...
Cruise Announces Expansion To Phoenix And Austin And More Plans
A Cruise test vehicle drives in San Francisco dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s “Cruise” unit announced today that within 90 days, Cruise would start robotaxi service — paid...
Will Transit Agencies Fight Or Yield To The Self-Driving Revolution?
Transit line in San Francisco. What role should transit operators have in policy around … [+] self-driving cars? Brad Templeton Transit operators and transit fans have, since almost the beginnin...
You’ll Get (Slow) Satellite Communications From Your Tesla. How Will You Use It?
Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Sievert announce the new connectivity in front of Starship rockets SpaceX/TMobile The cellular world was rocked yesterday by a story that SpaceX/Starlink and TMobile would d...
Baidu Begins Paid Robotaxi Service In China With No Employee Aboard
A Baidu Apollo Robotaxi travels with no safety driver in the vehicle in China Baidu BaiduBIDU has announced they have received permits to operate a paid Robotaxi service in China, with no human safety...
Baidu Unveils Custom Robotaxi With Steering Wheel That Will Be Removed
Baidu robotaxi after steering wheel is removed, configured with desk and drink dispenser in front Baidu BaiduBIDU , the Chinese search giant, has revealed a new custom designed robotaxi it states will...
Cruise Robotaxis Keep Stalling On SF Streets, How Upset Should We Be?
A Cruise car testing in San Francisco, not stalled. (Cruise cars only carry passengers at night.) Getty Images Numerous reports have emerged of multiple robotaxis from GM’s Cruise unit stalling on San...
Nearly 400 Crashes In Past Year Involved Driver-Assistance Technology—Most From Tesla
Topline The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data Wednesday revealing hundreds of car accidents linked to advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), and unsurprisingly most of the a...
AI Upstart Waabi Adding Self-Driving Veterans In Race To Commercialize Robot Trucks
The Toronto-based company is expanding to add hardware engineers to integrate sensors, lidar, vision and computing systems into trucks as it shifts to real-world testing. Waabi, an autonomous driving ...
Robotaxi Services Must Go Beyond To Be Car Replacements, And Maybe Even Link Up
Waymo’s planned robotaxi vehicle, body made by Geely/Zeekr Waymo Most self-driving players are aiming to build a robotaxi (and even Tesla recently announced even more effort on that plan, though...
Tesla Teases A Custom Robotaxi, Are They Crazy?
At the Gigafactory opening and in yesterday’s earnings call, Elon Musk teased about Tesla TSLA working on a vehicle to be dedicated to robotaxi service. This isn’t the first time Tesla has talked abou...
In SF, We Find Out What Happens When Cops Pull Over A Cruise Self-Driving Car
A Cruise self-driving car was pulled over in San Francisco by police for driving at night without … [+] its lights on. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Last week in San Francisco, some offi...
AI Ethics Welcomes The Prospects Of A Standardized AI Risk Management Framework, Which Could Bolster Autonomous Self-Driving Car Efforts Too
AI Ethics welcomes the effort to craft an AI Risk Management Framework as a standard via NIST. getty We seem to be told repeatedly that taking risks is important in life. If you look at any everyday l...
It’s Not Where You Charge An EV, It’s What You Do While Charging
As the world moves away from fossil fuel to electric vehicles, billions of dollars are being invested, spent or planned to put in more EV charging. Recently the White House unveiled a $5B plan to put ...
Chinese Self-Driving Truck Startup Secures $188 Million In Funding From Sequoia China And Legend Capital
Inceptio’s autonomous driving heavy-duty trucks. Courtesy of Inceptio Autonomous driving truck startup Inceptio Technology has raised a $188 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital China an...
Tesla FSD 10.9 Review Update; Three Averted Crashes
Previously, I published a review of Tesla FSD 10.8 where I gave it an “F” from my perspective as a robocar industry consultant. The system, while called a “beta” isn’t yet at that level. Here’s a new ...
Pushing The Boundaries Of AI Ethics Into The Topsy-Turvy World Of Radical Ethical AI, Potentially Exemplified Via The Use Case Of Vaunted AI-Based Self-Driving Cars
Does AI Ethics need to shift into Radical Ethical AI, and if so, how might that impact AI-based … [+] self-driving cars? getty Has the prevailing tenor and attention of today’s widely emerging s...
The Ethical AI Question Of Whether Self-Driving Cars Ought To Be A Good Samaritan And Forewarn When Human-Driven Cars Are Going To Crash Into Each Other
When driving, mind your own business or help other drivers, that’s the question to be pondered. getty Mind your own business. That’s a common refrain about not sticking your nose into the activi...
Latest Jolting AI Ethics Concern Is That AI Can Inextricably Embody Political Biases, Including Even In The Innocuous Case Of AI-Based Self-Driving Cars
AI Ethics is adding a new topic, namely the infusion of politics into our AI, which an example via … [+] the advent of self-driving cars helps illustrate. getty Let’s talk politics. Well, I real...
Flagging Down A Roaming AI Self-Driving Car Robo-Taxi Might Not Be In The Cards
Hailing a ride in an era of Ai-based self-driving cars. getty Not so long ago, it seemed that the hailing of a cab required long arms and a capacity to wave frantically to catch the eye of the taxi dr...
Be Resolute To Reduce That Nighttime Artificial Light Pollution, Which AI Self-Driving Cars Can Help Solve (But Doing So Will Be Tricky)
Artificial light pollution via car headlights and how self-driving cars will fare. getty Let there be darkness. That is the potential catchphrase for those that are concerned about nighttime light pol...