- Where Are The Autonomous Cars? L5 vehicles need at least 10 more years of development https://semiengineering.com/where-are-the-autonomous-cars/ 30 comments technology
- Bird CEO on transportation: “The deeper I get into transportation, the more I realize we don’t need autonomous vehicles, we don’t need tunnels, all we need are more bike lanes.” https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/03/bird-ceo-on-scooter-startup-copycats-unit-economics-safety-and-seasonality/ 242 comments bicycling
- Ford's Way to Finish Driverless Deliveries: Package-Carrying Robots -- "Autonomous vehicles will need a human-free way to get things to your doorstep." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/ford-s-way-to-finish-driverless-deliveries-package-carrying-robots 3 comments cogsci
- Ford's Way to Finish Driverless Deliveries: Package-Carrying Robots -- "Autonomous vehicles will need a human-free way to get things to your doorstep." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/ford-s-way-to-finish-driverless-deliveries-package-carrying-robots 4 comments economy
- Parking lots: Why autonomous cars could save acres of space - “In a parking lot full of AVs [autonomous vehicles], you don't need to open the doors, so they can park with very little space in between” https://newatlas.com/autonomous-car-parking/54026/ 43 comments technology
- Training self-driving cars for $1 an hour — To master the roads, autonomous vehicles need lots of data. Workers everywhere from Kenya to Venezuela are providing it. https://restofworld.org/2021/self-driving-cars-outsourcing/?amp%3Butm_campaign=feeds&%3Butm_medium=rss 3 comments technology
- Self-Driving Cars Could Be Decades Away, No Matter What Elon Musk Said - Experts Aren’t Sure When, If Ever, We’ll Have Truly Autonomous Vehicles That Can Drive Anywhere Without Help. First, AI Will Need To Get A Lot Smarter. https://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-cars-could-be-decades-away-no-matter-what-elon-musk-said-11622865615 28 comments technology
- Computers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions: Study shows that if autonomous vehicles are widely adopted, hardware efficiency will need to advance rapidly to keep computing-related emissions in check https://news.mit.edu/2023/autonomous-vehicles-carbon-emissions-0113 12 comments science
- Fiat Chrysler proposes merger with Renault to reshape car industry - Fiat Chrysler has proposed a merger with France’s Renault that would create the world’s third-largest carmaker and save billions needed to invest in the race to make electric and autonomous vehicles. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/27/fiat-chrysler-proposes-merger-with-renault-to-reshape-car-industry 16 comments worldnews