by admin | Mar 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Waymo
According to CNBC, Waymo (Alphabet’s self-driving taxi service being tested in Phoenix and Detroit), is halting much of its operations until at least April 8 due to Covid-19.
by Randall McAdory | Jan 21, 2020 | Aurora Innovation, Chris Urmson, Elon Musk, Waymo
I’ve tackled this question in a number of posts by highlighting Elon Musk’s view that the usage of lidar is an unnecessary crutch on the path to self-driving vehicles. During an interesting Artificial Intelligence podcast with Lex Fridman (July 22, 2019), Chris Urmson...
by Randall McAdory | Jan 20, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, GM Cruise Automation, Mobileye, Waymo
In a recent post, I described how Intel subsidiary, Mobileye, showcased a self-driving vehicle equipped with only cameras traversing the streets of Jerusalem during CES this year. Is Mobileye about to take on Waymo in the rotbotaxi service game? Mobileye’s CEO, Annan...
by Randall McAdory | Jan 16, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, General Motors, GM Cruise Automation, TaaS, Tesla, Transportation as a Service, Waymo
In the spirit of transparency, I do own shares of stocks of some companies mentioned by me within TaaS Master that are also in the transportations-as-a-service space. You may recall from a previous post that the ecosystem of autonomous companies is large and growing....
by Randall McAdory | Jan 13, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Tesla, Waymo
Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) conducts research in human-centered artificial intelligence, deep learning, autonomous vehicles and robotics at MIT. During a presentation on the state of deep learning in 2020, Fridman compares the benefits and drawbacks of Waymo’s approach...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 11, 2019 | Waymo
Tech Crunch is reporting that Waymo is informing customers in the Phoenix area that use the Waymo One self-driving taxi service that “completely driverless cars are on the way.” What this means is that Waymo will start using full autonomous vehicles without a human...
