“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.
Tesla’s Autonomous Tractor Trailer Will Be the Biggest Thing to Happen in Trucks
A Tesla ( TSLA) big rig could be a huge event for the trucking industry. “We believe Tesla’s truck reveal in September will be one of the biggest catalysts the trucking industry has seen in decades. We also expect Tesla will announce carrier/shipper partners,” Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote in a note on Monday.
The trucking industry has to embrace electric propulsion fast or face obsolescence
While electric cars have been part of the car industry since its very beginning, they are only now starting to truly transform the industry and they are expected to dominate it over the next few decades.
Tesla seeks to test electric truck prototypes for platooning and self-driving in Nevada and California
Tesla is set to unveil its all-electric truck, known as Tesla Semi, next month and the automaker is apparently now seeking to test its prototypes for platooning and self-driving in Nevada and California.
Intel is building a fleet of 100 self driving cars and it wants to start testing them this year
The latest company to join the race is Intel, the giant chipmaker, which said on Wednesday that it’s building a fleet of 100 self-driving vehicles. The first cars will hit the streets by the end of the year, Intel said.
Deeplearning.ai is Andrew Ng’s new series of deep learning classes on Coursera
When Andrew Ng announced Deeplearning.ai back in June, it was hard to know exactly what the AI frontiersman was up to. In his time since departing as Baidu’s chief scientist, Ng has been developing a sequel of sorts to his popular introductory machine learning Coursera class.
Tesla Model 3 first drive: this is the car that Elon Musk promised
I felt like I was driving in an Eames chair. That was my first impression as I climbed into the driver’s seat of the Tesla Model 3 at the Fremont Factory on Friday afternoon. It took a moment to orient myself – no gauges, no speedometer, no airplane cockpit cues.