Big changes have been made to Tesla’s Autopilot team. VP of Autopilot Software Chris Lattner has left the company, tweeting that Tesla was not a good fit. New to the company is deep learning and computer vision expert Andrej Karpathy, who most recently worked at OpenAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence nonprofit. Karpathy’s title will be… Continue reading Autopilot Team Shakeup: Deep Learning Expert Andrej Karpathy Named Director of AI and Autopilot Vison
Tag: Autonomous Vehicles
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned Tuesday, leaving the helm of the ride-hailing company he founded after reports of sexual harassment, discrimination and unsavory business practices at the company. The New York Times first reported Kalanick’s decision. According to the report, Kalanick’s move came after significant pressure from the company’s investors. He will remain on the… Continue reading Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns
TMC Connect: Who Will Win The Coming Autonomous Vehicle Revolution?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnUstQy-5I&feature=youtu.be” video_title=”1″][vc_column_text]TMC Member Eric Bergerson has contributed a thoughtful series of articles this week about the impact of autonomous, electric vehicles on society. Don’t miss those great write-ups – “Will We Own Cars in Fifteen Years and How Will Enthusiasts Survive This?,” “The Economic Superiority of Electric Vehicles in the Mobility Cloud,” and “How Many… Continue reading TMC Connect: Who Will Win The Coming Autonomous Vehicle Revolution?
How Many American Consumers Will Give Up Their Cars?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello, my name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and their competitors in America and abroad start using cost effective autonomous vehicles. For a quick… Continue reading How Many American Consumers Will Give Up Their Cars?
The Economic Superiority of Electric Vehicles in the Mobility Cloud
Hello, my name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and their competitors in America and abroad start using cost effective autonomous vehicles. For a quick… Continue reading The Economic Superiority of Electric Vehicles in the Mobility Cloud
Model S Owner Sees Big Bump in Outbound Data
Back in May, Tesla said it would start collecting video clips from the cameras onboard Autopilot-equipped vehicles. An image posted Tuesday to the Tesla subreddit by Model S owner and Reddit user kutrod suggests that such data is now flowing to the company. “I think the neural net mining is just starting,” kutrod wrote alongside… Continue reading Model S Owner Sees Big Bump in Outbound Data
Will We Own Cars in Fifteen Years and How Will Enthusiasts Survive This?
My name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and the dozens of competitors to those companies are about to have in America and abroad start… Continue reading Will We Own Cars in Fifteen Years and How Will Enthusiasts Survive This?
See the “Smooth as Silk” Autopilot Update in Action
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/221199071″ video_title=”1″][vc_column_text]The “smooth as silk” Autopilot algorithm promised by Elon Musk is beginning to roll out to Tesla’s equipped with Autopilot 2.0. Model S owner James Hansbert published a video of the new firmware (17.22.46) in action and offered some first impressions, including: Some “dancing” between lines, but better at tracking lanes through intersections… Continue reading See the “Smooth as Silk” Autopilot Update in Action
TMC Connect Alums Featured in NatGeo Show on Climate Change
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6y9Ia8OX4″ video_title=”1″][vc_column_text]If you didn’t catch it on television, an excerpt of the episode from National Geographic’s “Years of Living Dangerously” featuring actor Ty Burrell is now available online. In the episode “The Road Ahead,” Burrell explores the revolutions being made in electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles, and their potential impact on climate change. Among those interviewed are… Continue reading TMC Connect Alums Featured in NatGeo Show on Climate Change
Musk Calls Upcoming Autopilot Release “Smooth as Silk”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk described an upcoming version of the company’s Autopilot software as “smooth as silk.” During a tweetstorm, Musk hyped upcoming software that will deliver a new control algorithm expected to improve Tesla’s autonomous capabilities. Recent updates have increased speed limits on Autopilot – Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control at 90 mph… Continue reading Musk Calls Upcoming Autopilot Release “Smooth as Silk”