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Technology is the enabling force behind the creation of AV’s.
Autonomous Car Hype Is Way Ahead Of Reality
This article original posted on forbes.com “We’re so close, so close, yet so far away,” sang legendary rock duo Hall and Oates back in the 1990s on the subject of love. Driverless cars were science fiction then, but now despite the massive investment and hyperbole, autonomous vehicles won’t be with us for a while yet. The problem is that despite hugely impressive gains in autonomous technology, the last percentage points of progress towards 100% reliability are proving difficult to achieve. Other more prosaic hurdles loom too like...
read moreNow is the time to plan for the autonomous vehicle future
This article original posted on techcrunch.com The arrival of autonomous vehicles bring the prospect of improved transportation systems without the capital costs, operating subsidies and construction delays of new highway lanes and fixed rail systems. Cities, states, and the Federal Government, need to revise their transportation planning accordingly. Autonomous vehicles have gone from a Jetson-like dream to a clear reality in less than one decade. In 2010, when Google first started developing autonomous vehicles, people asked, “Why are...
read moreData collection and security flaws will challenge autonomous carmakers
This article original posted on venturebeat.com Autonomous vehicles are just around the bend. As car companies continue to partner with tech and ride-hailing firms in order to innovate more quickly and effectively, questions are arising about the future of privacy in the age of driverless cars. The biggest players in the automotive industry seem to have downplayed the fact that innovation and convenience will come at a price. In this case, the price will almost certainly entail a loss of consumer privacy. While key representatives from...
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 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 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...
read moreSELF-DRIVING CARS ARE CONFUSING DRIVERS—AND SPOOKING INSURERS
This article original posted on wired.com THE GREAT PROMISE of autonomous vehicles, aside from saving you from the tyranny of commuting, is their ability to save lives by replacing stupid humans with intelligent computers. But these cars, at least in the short-term, could make driving riskier because people don’t yet understand the technology or just how it works. British auto insurance companies call this “autonomous ambiguity,” and it is not an abstract issue. Automakers like Audi, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, and Volvo...
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