Autonomous Vehicles

Recently, Elon went on Ark Investment's FYI Podcast to discuss Autonomous Driving, and I decided to transcribe part of the podcast because frankly, too many people take it out of context, or are only hearing things they want to hear, and its kinda sad. He spells out the process to make FSD a...

German carmakers Daimler and BMW are teaming up on a ride-hailing, parking and electric car charging business, the companies announced last week. The companies said they plan to invest more than 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) to grow the venture, which will challenge companies like Uber...

“In a few weeks,” Tesla will remove the requirement for drivers to confirm lane changes when its cars are operating in Navigate on Autopilot mode, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Wednesday during the company’s Q4 earnings call. Navigate on Autopilot is an active guidance feature for Enhanced...

Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car The car, a modified Toyota Prius, used only video cameras, computers and basic digital maps to make the cross-country trip. Levandowski told the...

Waymo, a unit of Alphabet Inc., launched this week the first driverless-car service in the U.S. The service, called Waymo One, works just like other popular ride-hailing providers – punch a button on your cellphone to summon a ride, which arrives in minutes. And while there’s a human in the...

I heard recently that MobilEye had planned to have 1000 people engaged full-time by end of 2016 at labelling image data gathered from their small experimental AV fleet, as the basis for training their neural network, and that they were farming this task out to cheap labor in Sri Lanka...

I caught wind of an internal e-mail Elon send employees today (I have a pic of the email). Perhaps some of it is interesting info to note in their development of FSD features. I will paraphrase key portions: 1) He wants to add 100 employees to internal testing as they roll out FSD capabilities...

A new patent filing suggests Tesla plans to offer an automated turn signaling feature. The patent filing describes a system that leverages the car’s cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors to activate turn signals without human input. The filing description says: This disclosure...

Faraday Future, which recently announced a fresh $2 billion in funding, now says it has built its first pre-production vehicle. The FF91 uses three electric motors to crank out 1,050 horsepower. The vehicle is said to be capable of a 0-60 mph time of 2.39 seconds. Range is expected to exceed...

I don’t have an us vs. them mentality with regard to Tesla and other companies when it comes to autonomy. I care most about preventing people from dying in car accidents. Two of my friends died that way. It is so heartwrenching to think about them — their plans for the rest of their lives, and...

Tesla said on its Q2 earnings call that it has built and tested a new custom chip designed specifically for Autopilot. The company says it will be the “world’s most advanced computer for autonomous driving.” Tesla owners will be able to swap Autopilot 2.0 hardware with the new computer next...

Uber announced Monday that it’s abandoning efforts to develop self-driving trucks. “We believe having our entire team’s energy and expertise focused on (self-driving cars) is the best path forward,” Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber Advanced Technologies Group, told Reuters. Uber’s investment in...

Alphabet’s self-driving car division Waymo has struck a deal with five companies to offer transportation for their customers in the Phoenix area. “We know from our early riders that most of their rides are to run errands, shop for groceries, commute to work, head to dinner or fix their...

Tesla has been coming in for some criticism of late, with particular regard to the Autopilot system. In at least three cases this year, a Tesla model has buried itself into a stopped emergency vehicle. The problem mainly stems from the fact that the engineers (of any self-driving/autonomous...

The age of autonomous driving is upon us. Automakers are making the promise of self-driving cars a reality. From street ready auto-drive systems to beta-tests of fully automated vehicles, the industry is driving towards a future where humans no longer sit behind the wheel. Most players in...

Chinese electric car startup Byton announced Monday that it has raised an additional $500 million to advance its efforts, which include a new fully-autonomous sedan called the K-Byte. The company also officially opened its global headquarters in Nanjing, China, adding to a global presence...

Didn't see a thread started yet (though I only check Model 3 forums, not the S/X ones)... From Elon: Elon Musk on Twitter That issue is better in latest Autopilot software rolling out now & fully fixed in August update as part of our long-awaited Tesla Version 9. To date, Autopilot resources...

Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo seems pretty confident. They’re so bullish that they’ve agreed to purchase up to 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to add to their self-driving fleet. The company said earlier this year that it intended to purchase “thousands” of vans from Fiat...

May be it's time to re-evaluate where companies are with Autonomous Vehicle Progress: Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race? The article covers 16 companies that you might not agree with the order below: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11)...

Chandler, AZ, Friday, 5/4/2018, clear sky, good daylight, clear traffic: Autonomous Waymo Van was hit by a Honda sedan coming from the opposite direction. The Honda was swerving to avoid hitting a dark car at the intersection but it then climbed over the median and hit the Waymo. Only minor...

Tesla’s VP of Autopilot and chip guru Jim Keller is leaving, another former Apple chip designer is tapped Looks like Andrej Karpathy is taking over for Autopilot software

It may not be a big deal as a car was waiting in the driveway on my right would run across my path to make its left turn. However, this is what Mobileye described that its hardware supplied to Tesla was lacking "Lateral Turn Across Path detection" (LTAP) in 2016 fatal Autopilot accident in...

My latest work: an in-depth outline of Tesla's plan to give cars the ability to perceive the world and therefore drive autonomously throughout it. Tesla’s Computer Vision Master Plan – Trent Eady – Medium

Well this will make the electric and autonomous race more interesting: Waymo and Jaguar will build up to 20,000 self-driving electric SUVs Maybe it will get Tesla's butt in gear and get their autonomous software release moving. Too bad the consumer can't buy this I-Pace.

Arizona’s governor has suspended Uber’s self-driving car testing in the state following a crash last week that killed a pedestrian. Governor Doug Ducey released a letter sent to Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi saying he found a video of the crash “disturbing and alarming, and it raises...

During my last video I got a few comments that on the sharper turns I was going to fast for AP2.0 to handle. If I would slow down, it would handle it perfectly. Now, of course I tested this and turns out there is a difference, but it's not as big as you might expect and AP2.0 can still not be...

I've only seen headline in a few places, but not details. Anymore info available?

I'm fascinated by the Tesla equation - would their cars be as coveted if they were mediocre performers? It's not just about climate change - Tesla hit on so many angles. I'd like to know what about Tesla is most important to you owning one (or wanting to own one). (Anyone know how to conduct a...

Alphabet’s Waymo announced today that it’s launching a pilot program in Atlanta where its self-driving trucks will carry cargo bound for Google’s data centers. The trucks have been testing on roads in California and Arizona over the past year, but the program in Georgia will include actual...

...or rather Lidar vision system training. Interview with Scale API's CEO, Alexandr Wang: Interview: Autonomous vehicles are being trained to "see" faster (Includes interview)

The idea of a car navigating public roads without the presence of a human driver still makes most people uneasy. Even strong advocates of the technology believe there’s still work to be done to prove autonomous cars are safe in all driving conditions. While the technology is obviously a major...

In het draadje 'Werkelijke wachttijd' is een discussie over wat nu precies AP1/AP2/EAP/FSD biedt aan functies. Ik denk persoonlijk dat ik dit heel duidelijk heb, maar hoe meer ik Google op Internet hoe meer ik tegen kom dat anders lijkt te beweren. Maar dan denk ik weer dat men terminologie door...

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles passed regulations today that would allow driverless cars to operate on roads as early as April. The regulations require a remote human operator – who could be miles away – to monitor the vehicle as a fallback. Still, this is the first time companies...

Insurance Company Sues Tesla Over Model X Crash "The insurance company says that despite its suggestive name and marketing campaign, "Tesla produced a semi-autonomous vehicle that misleadingly appeared to be fully autonomous." This has been a common criticism of AP since the Josh Brown crash...

quite a good round up article, quotes pricing as low as $250. Solid-State LiDAR Is Coming to an Autonomous Vehicle Near You

The Battle for Best Semi-Autonomous System: Tesla Autopilot Vs. GM SuperCruise, Head-to-Head GM Supercruise completely dominates Autopilot just like I expected.

I know Tesla has a method of saving driving logs onto an SD card in the MCU. Do you have, or have you seen, what is on the SD cards? I know one is navigation.

5G cellular is coming... 3-5 times faster data exchange than current 4G LTE. What Is 5G? It is suggested that this network will be necessary in the future of autonomous driving as cars will talk to each other. thoughts?

Can't remember when or where I found this pic on the interwebs.. But it sure as eggs raises a question or two ;) /runs and ducks/

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If you would have told me 2-3 days ago that we would be the owners of a new 2018 Leaf SV with ProPILOT Assist I would’ve called you crazy, but that’s exactly what just happened today. After finding an ad for a rather substantial discount on a brand new model and being extraordinarily skeptical...

Hey guys, So, I was watching the Mobile eye CES2017 presentation, and I'm starting to get a little worried about the state of Teslas level 3 & 4 autopilot progress. In the presentation, it was made very clear that it's important to have a front and rear lidar systems and we all know Elon...

The tweet offer: Lex Fridman on Twitter The tweet text: .@elonmusk I heard you're back into some cross-country self-driving fun. We at MIT are planning to do it from Boston to LA, fully autonomously. We'd prefer a red Model 3 as the platform... How about our Deep Blue code drives it to LA...

Selling my 2015 Tesla Model S 70D AWD, Autopilot and only ~37K miles Car is in Mint condition with some extras: - It will come with Center Console - Storage behind driver and passengers cars - Plastic deep through exterior of the car for extra protection and looks really HOT. 19" Wheels Auto...

Uber and Google’s subsidiary Waymo announced a settlement Friday valued at $245 million in a major trade secrets trial related to self-driving car technology. Attendees in a San Francisco courtroom reportedly gasped when Federal District Judge William Alsup announced the surprise settlement...

so using a ziplock and mini weights I think I figured the minimum weight to make AP2 stop complaining to touch the wheel. I’ll now build a piece to nicely hug the side of the steering wheel and sew it together. Anyone ever tried a permanent solution that’s not a bottle of water or an orange to...

Elon Musk explains the delay for Tesla's autonomous coast-to-coast trip It terrifies me that Elon Musk's prediction once again gives us 3 months likely, 6 months definitely. They're the same set of dates that mean "it could be years away" now after the last time he predicted that for FSD...

All the data needs to be combined, sorted, and turned into a robot-friendly picture of the world, with instructions on how to move through it. That takes huge computing power, which means huge electricity demands. Prototypes use around 2,500 watts, enough to light 40 incandescent light bulbs...

Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell prototype drives itself 118 miles without human input The 190-kilometer (118-mile) route covered the distance from Seoul to Pyeongchang, where the Winter Olympics will be held this month. Hyundai is the vehicle sponsor for the event. The self-driving Nexos...