Autonomous Vehicles

For this discuss, let's focus only on the most crucial components of Tesla's Autopilot technology: Traffic Aware Cruise Control (known as Adaptive Cruise Control by other automakers) and Auto Steer (known as Lane Keep/Centering Assist by other automakers), and ignore for now other features such...

When Will Autonomous Vehicles Become a Reality and How Will They Really Be Used | Torque News

New disengagement reports are in! https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/disengagement_report_2017 Tesla seems a bit shy, they have 0 miles in CA, but the WAYMO and Cruise results look impressive. So I wouldn't really test my own inferior system in CA either, with those two...

Waymo has ordered “thousands” of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to support the launch of a driverless ride-hailing service, the company announced Tuesday. Fiat Chrysler previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and...

2017 Tesla Model X 75D, PEARL WHITE with 22" Onyx BLACK WHEELS. Only 5400 miles! Paid $101,450 in July 2017, asking $90,500. Purchased in July 2017 in San Diego. Garage kept and professionally cleaned biweekly. 5400 miles with no exposure to snow/ elements. Excellent condition! We are moving...

GM sued over self-driving car crash with motorcyclist This is what I understand of the event: Cruise Autonomous Vehicle was driving at 12 MPH. Motorcyclist was driving at 17 MPH with lane California-legal lane-sharing practice. Cruise Autonomous Vehicle was moving to the next lane in the...

So the recent crash into the fire truck has brought up more news articles and some Tesla discussions but I think it’s all directed at the wrong feature. Most of us here know that AP needs to be supervised, but these incidents just show me how poorly crash avoidance and emergency braking is...

I was able to initiate autopark for a parking spot between two cars, but it refused to complete. Was it because the space was a little too tight? I had to manually finish the last easy part to completely back into the space.

From 1956: A future vision of driverless cars For the 1956 Motorama auto show, General Motors produced this musical short, "Key to the Future," which predicted self-driving cars in the far-off future of 1976. 4:20 minutes in.

Tesla driver passes out allegedly drunk in his Model S, tells the police the car was on Autopilot This drunk person was found stopped on the Bay Bridge. He says he had Autopilot turned on and thought that was safe. Unfortunately, the AP sensed that he was not paying attention (twerking the...

Interesting study and ranking. Don't know if they have bias: Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Automated Driving

GM autonomous EV 2019 Love me some of that Ipad size U.I., old school AC vents, plastic headliner, high front cowl. GM must be VERY afraid of Tesla to put out this half baked concept idea.

Comments from the North American International Car Show: General Motors Co. upped the ante Friday with its Cruise AV, a self-driving electric car based on its Chevrolet Bolt that wraps mobility, autonomy and electrification in one package. “The technology end of it is the end-all,” says Rod...

From the ubiquitous XKCD: xkcd: Self-Driving Car Milestones

In below twitter periscope video (1/10/2018 5pm-ish) at about 19:36 into the video George Hotz discusses in a Q&A why stop sign and red light stopping requires high precision. It does not have anything to do with the ability to recognize the red (green) lights or signs. (seems stop sign / red...

Fisker has revealed the Emotion electric luxury saloon at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in production guise. The only performance statistic is the car’s top speed of 161mph, although it’s expected that the 400-mile-range EV, which also has four-wheel drive and shares similar...

Time, to start looking out for HW3 I guess. Though, it's more the likely HW3 will be Tesla's own chip, but just in case it appears Xavier is shipping to customers in the very near future...

Some things we'll likely see this year: Ramping Model 3 production to 5,000 per week Standard range Model 3 deliveries Dual motor Model 3 Announcing locations and perhaps even breaking ground on one or two new Gigafactory locations Coast to coast autonomous drive Solar roof tile deliveries...

Ap 2.5 S/X have been delivered by the thousands. Model 3 is getting into many customers hands. So ^^^ topic ??!

So this is not exactly hot news... More like funeral memorial words :confused: I never really understood what happened between with Mobileye and Tesla. I mean truthfully: When and why did they actually decide to break up? Who took the initiative? Why would Mobileye want to leave Tesla, with...

The Battle for Best Semi-Autonomous System: Tesla Autopilot Vs. GM SuperCruise, Head-to-Head

Just for the halibut, I ran the torture test on 2017.50.3 to see if anything changed related to AP. Not much of a surprise, 50.3 seems to behave like 50.2, i.e., still fails at the second exit passing.

For FSD to work the cameras must have some way to clean themselves. It's clearly no good if your car gets splashed with mud or simple build up of dust/soot and can't self drive any more, stranding it far from where you are and without any means to recover. Obviously the front camera has the...

So, the results may be skewed by the forum this is posted in, but it seemed the most appropriate one. I like Tesla vehicles for the technology, power, and unique nature of the vehicle but I have noticed that many seem to be very interested in FSD. Personally, I like to DRIVE a vehicle, but...

12.29.17 – Interview with MIT Research Scientist Lex Fridman – TechCast Daily

After the snow had melted back a bit, I ran my MX with 2017.50.2 on my torture route yesterday. This route has revealed some serious lane control and guidance issues with past firmware versions. The route has two exits and a "rise plus turn" feature in the middle. The rise + turn has led to...

Yes or no question ...o_O (Reason I ask is because M3 obviously has heating in them, but I’ve seen no conclusive evidence that MS or MX has it. Parts catalog doesn’t say if they’re heated or not.) Pic of heated B-pillar camera in M3...

Read this oped piece recently: Opinion | The Bitcoin Boom: In Code We Trust The essence of the article is that public trust in virtually all human institutions (except for the military) is at an all-time low in America. From the President on down. Same holds for police, for public education, for...

Autonomous Cars Don't Have a 'Trolley Problem' Problem Donderdag weer in discussie terecht gekomen met een fervente petrolhead en tegenstander van autopilot / autonoom rijden... "Ik kan beter rijden als een computer" "wie gaat wat betalen bij een ongeval" etc etc. Ongetwijfeld herkenbaar voor...

Let's see AP1 do this, especially in the second half of the video.

"ZF's advanced steering wheel concept represents an important step in the evolution of automated driving while helping to enhance safety and driver awareness. As we prepare for Level 3 automated functions, the hand-over of control between vehicle and driver using highly accurate feedback will be...

I have an AP-2 model S that I got last May, and have lived through the evolution of AP-2 from the era when it would immediately make everyone in the car nervous, to the current state of affairs (17.44 for me) where after some period of time it makes my wife nervous. Of course, full disclosure...

Buttershrimp-Hasselhoff Syndrome (Autopilot 2.0 v. 17.44)

This thread is to collect good/bad use cases comparing AP2 firmware revision 48 to recent AP1 performance. I upgraded from my AP1 S90D to an AP2 S100D a few months ago and since then have been through firmware versions .38, .40, .42, and now .48. As AP is the single most important feature to...

Today I found an article on one of automotive sites in Japan reviewing Nissan ProPilot X, which will be relased in 2020. The car drove itself from regular two lane divided street to three lane Shuto Expressway route B, then merge to two lane Shuto Expressway route C2. The route seems to be...

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609718/a-new-sensor-gives-driverless-cars-a-human-like-view-of-the-world/

5% off from Direct Line Insurance if your cars autopilot is activated. Every little helps. I am with DL and before 5% current annual fully comp is £330 for a P85 2014 which is good!

Moderator: Please delete this thread. Somehow it posted before I finished writing the headline.

How about the Semi becoming a mobile SuperCharger? Just the cab or with a few additional battery packs? Say it could provide an emergency 10kW charge in 5 mins to get you 25+ miles to get home or to a charger. Also could provide valet opportunity charging when you park your car. Could easily...

Elon Musk updates timeline for a self-driving car, but how does Tesla play into it?

Hi All, This morning summoning out of garage, same as every day, car starts to reverse out as normal but then sudden turn crushes the mirror on the garage door and scratches driver side door. Happened very quickly and looked like it would have continued to scrape side of car had I not stopped...

Buttershrimp discovers and documents new functionality in Tesla's most recent firmware update. Today, after pressing the Voice Command Button on the steering wheel, and saying, "Rain Sensing Wipers," Buttershrimp is surprised by what happens next...

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So, yesterday I hit a deer... My model S is a 2017, about 4 months old, with autopilot etc, also I have the latest update. Where all my driver assisted features sleeping? -because, it did not make a warning sound, it didn't brake, it did nothing at all... Off course I didn't ram straight into...

Background: Under the Hood of Luminar's Long-Reach Lidar Interview (weak audio): Website: Luminar - Technology Just needs a cut-out window in the front of the vehicle. Not sure why they don't mount it behind the windshield. Special glass for 1550nm?

Reports Claim Faraday Future Scored $900 Million Investment From Tata - Motor Trend Canada Glad to see competition but this company is so damn dysfunctional. If it really got $900M it looks like we will see at least some of these beasts on the road... "...According to Chinese outlet Gasgoo...

Sep 2017 Model X 100D Less than 1000 miles / 2 months old. Like Brand New. Mint condition. Clean CarFax. No accidents/damage. Single owner. No smokers. Never seen snow. Heavily discounted due to a change in personal situation involving a long distance move Save $$$ by getting a new car at a...

This thread on Cadillac forums contains the first real world owner reports of the system. Surprise surprise - Caddy owners like to complain just as much as Tesla owners do. There's even a gripe about build quality! Cadillac forums : Cadillac Owners Forum

Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 vehicles from Volvo to serve as a platform for its network of self-driving taxis. Uber plans to use Volvo’s XC90 SUV equipped with self-driving technology developed by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group. It’s a nice win for Volvo, which has a three-year...