This Self-Driving Car Leader Has Intel Inside
When most tech investors think of the technology that’s powering ( driverless vehicle platforms, they think of NVIDIA NASDAQ:NVDA). There’s good reason for that, as its powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) set the standard for the deep learning/image processing required for autonomous cars to sense and respond to the world around them.
Month: September 2017
Why did Ford build a ‘fake driverless car’ using a man dressed as a seat?
In early August residents of Arlington, Virginia, spotted an unmarked silver Ford Transit van cruising around town without a human behind the wheel. Local news publication ARLnow caught the ghostly vehicle on camera and speculated that it was part of Virginia Tech’s autonomous driving research.
GM shows hand in autonomous vehicle race
To hear General Motors Co. tell it, Detroit’s No. 1 automaker is leading the race to ready autonomous vehicles for mass production. But that might only be because the automaker is boasting about its progress. Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s San Francisco-based Cruise Automation, this week wrote that Cruise and GM now have “the world’s first mass-producible car designed to operate without a driver.”
Alphabet is reportedly considering investing $1 billion in Lyft
Google parent company Alphabet is in talks to invest around $1 billion in Lyft, according to published reports. The talks are being driven by top officials at Alphabet, according to Axios. The potential investment could come from either Google or from CapitalG, Alphabet’s investment division, Bloomberg reported.
“Seat Suits” Help Ford Study Autonomous Vehicle, Human Communication – Motor Trend
A few weeks ago, a “self-driving” Ford Transit Connect was caught testing around Arlington, Virginia. But there was something very strange about this supposed autonomous car-there was someone behind the wheel disguised as the driver’s seat. The sighting raised many questions. Was it a prank? Some kind of study?
Rolls-Royce has designed a completely autonomous naval ship
Not content with its tech-filled Phantom, Rolls-Royce has announced it has plans to make a 60-metre-long truly autonomous navy ship. Packed with sophisticated sensors, artificial intelligence and “advanced propulsion” technology, Rolls-Royce aims to sell to the world’s military forces.
Ford disguised a man as a car seat to research self-driving
Yes, you read that correctly: Ford put a man in a car seat disguise so that a Ford Transit could masquerade a a true self-driving vehicle. Why? To evaluate how passers by, other drivers on the road and cyclists reacted to sharing the road with an autonomous vehicle.
GM and Cruise announce first mass-production self-driving car
Kyle Vogt, CEO and founder of Cruise Automation revealed very big news for his company and its owner GM, which acquired the startup last year. The news is that they’re ready to mass produce a vehicle ready for self-driving, with everything on board they need to become fully autonomous vehicles once the software and regulatory environment is ready to make that happen.