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Self-driving vehicles: The “platform” business model
This article original posted on driverless-future.com How will autonomous car technology generate profits? Among the many different business models – from self-driving mobility services to models centered on data, advertising or entertainment – platform-oriented business models are currently receiving much attention, not the least because Waymo seems to be leaning towards them. The term “platform” can be understood in different ways: In the automotive context it is usually understood as a car platform where many different models share the...
read moreSelf-Driving Cars Can’t Cure Traffic, but Economics Can
This article original posted on nytimes.com It’s easy to get giddy about self-driving cars. Older people and preteens will become more independent and mobile. The scourge of drunken driving will disappear. People will be able to safely play video games while on the freeway to work. But there is one problem autonomous driving is unlikely to solve: the columns of rush-hour gridlock that clog city streets and freeways. If decades of urban planning and economic research are any guide, the solution is unlikely to come from technology but from...
read moreNO ONE KNOWS WHAT A SELF-DRIVING CAR IS, AND IT’S BECOMING A PROBLEM
This article original posted on wired.com “WE HAVE NOW self-driving cars.” So declared no less an authority than the United States’ chief of transportation, Secretary Elaine Chao, in a May interview with Fox Business. “They can drive on the highway, follow the white lines on the highway, and there’s really no need for any person to be seated and controlling any of the instruments.” This is wrong. Today, you can indeed buy a car with controls steering and braking for you. Tesla, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and...
read more2nd China International Intelligent Connected Vehicle Forum (ICVF 2017)
The 2nd China International Intelligent Connected Vehicle Forum (ICVF 2017) will be held in Shanghai, China on November 16, 2017 and covers topics such as: Forum 1: Intelligent Connected Vehicle Development Trend Analysis, Domestic and Foreign Project Analysis and Intelligent Transportation Cater to China 2025, Promote the Development of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Mart Cars， V2X, Vehicle Information Services: The Structure and Phase of Point, Line and Network ITS/ICV Development Should be Divided into Different Stages Intelligent Vehicle...
read moreHorseless carriage? You’ll never get me in one of those (haven’t we been here before?)
This article original posted on telecomtv.com Intel says passenger trust is the key to our autonomous future Industry needs to resolve several human machine interface tension points Gartner says 55 per cent of people will not ride in a fully autonomous vehicle Accenture developing a deep learning algorithm to transform driver safety What is it with change? You know there’s no going back and that you’ll love it eventually, but the often the very idea of it is too much to handle. Case in point; the car. Back in 1803, the great engineer Richard...
read moreWe need to stop pretending that the autonomous car is imminent
This article original posted on recode.net It’s time to face some challenging realities when it comes to autonomous cars. While consensus seems to imply that the future of driving is nearly upon us, even a relatively cursory check of some of the necessary enablers for truly autonomous automobiles would suggest otherwise. There are lots of legitimate concerns that represent a serious challenge to the near-term release of truly independent vehicles. From security concerns to high costs to missing infrastructure to car design complexity to...
read moreTesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparked Dissent Among Its Engineers
This article original submitted on wsj.com PALO ALTO, Calif.— Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.63% Chief Executive Elon Musk jolted the automotive world last year when he announced the company’s new vehicles would come with a hardware upgrade that would eventually allow them to drive themselves. He also jolted his own engineering ranks. Members of the company’s Autopilot team hadn’t yet designed a product they believed would safely and reliably control a car without human intervention, according to people familiar with the matter. In a meeting after the...
read moreWhy Tesla Will Dominate The Autonomous Vehicle Market
This article original posted on huffingtonpost.com ARK Invest believes innovation is key to growth. We seek to capture long-term out-performance and capital appreciation created by disruptive innovation. Rooted in almost 40 years of experience, ARK’s aim is to identify large-scale investment opportunities resulting from technological innovations such as robotics, big data, machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, energy storage, and DNA sequencing. ARK focuses solely on disruptive innovation and investing in leaders, enablers, and...
read moreWho Will Finish First in the Race for Autonomous Vehicles?
This article original posted on fticonsulting.com When we think of cities of the future, self-driving cars or Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are zipping around “smart” infrastructure, reducing traffic and urban sprawl and increasing efficiency. That vision isn’t that far off. But unlike other futuristic technologies, such as Virtual Reality or Artificial Intelligence, the projected $1.5 trillion AV industry faces incredibly complex regulatory environments that challenge stakeholders around the world in both public and private spheres....
read moreAfter trying to build self-driving tractors for more than 20 years, John Deere has learned a hard truth about autonomy
This article original posted on Quartz Media LCC When building its first autonomous navigation system in the 1990s, John Deere just wanted to build a tractor that could drive down a field and make a turn on its own. But after more than 20 years, the company has found that approach was entirely insufficient—in order to drive the tractor, you need to replicate the farmer. “We have to have the ability to sense everything the human would inside of the system related to the quality of the job,” said Dan Leibfried, director of embedded solutions at...
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