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Home Posts tagged "Autonomous Vehicles"

Tag: Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla Autopilot danger from “passive vigilance” effect

October 24, 2020 October 23, 2020

In March 2018 a horrible and sad crash occurred in Mountain View CA, when a Tesla Model X being driven on Autopilot drove itself into the gore point of the left hand exit from US-101 to CA Hwy 85. The driver had the car on autopilot mode, and at the…

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An inexpensive AI computer kit for understanding autonomous self-driving cars

September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019

You might have heard that artificial intelligence a.k.a. machine learning is a big thing in the tech industry. Look for a computer programming job and it seems all the openings are either in machine learning or blockchain (which is a story for another day). Anyone interested in the future of…

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Elon Musk claims Tesla Autopilot drivers less mentally fatigued after long drives

March 26, 2019 March 26, 2019

How much is “peace of mind” worth on your daily commute? If you arrive at the office well rested, or arrive home well rested, even after a 50 mile grind through logjammed traffic, is that “well rested” state justification for paying a premium price for a car? Tesla’s CEO Elon…

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Self-driving vehicles need to crawl before they walk, and walk before they run

April 5, 2018 April 5, 2018

A few days ago I wrote about a pair of crashes, one involving an autonomous Uber vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian, and another involving a Tesla Model X that apparently swerved into a lane divider killing the driver.  Yesterday an SF Bay Area TV station, ABC 7 news,…

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Rapid adoption of self-driving cars considered harmful, a plea for caution

April 2, 2018 April 2, 2018

Clearly folks are eager to have self-driving cars TODAY if not sooner.  I’m seeing a constant chatter online of folks excited about the prospect of letting their car take over the driving chores.  A few weeks ago, a new Tesla Model 3 owner giving a presentation about his newly-purchased car…

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Tesla’s second master plan is the most audacious thing I’ve ever read – Musk has topped himself

July 20, 2016 July 20, 2016

Ten years ago Elon Musk posted the first super-secret Tesla Motors master plan on the company blog.  It seemed that nobody remembered he’d done so, because the company is routinely attacked over making playthings for rich people when the plan all along has been to build the Model 3 (affordable 200+ mile…

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Obama Administration pushes to accelerate autonomous vehicle technology

January 14, 2016 January 14, 2016

Today the Obama Administration announced a plan to accelerate autonomous vehicle development, citing the need to reduce traffic congestion and to embrace the future of transportation.  The press release referred to a report published last fall by the Department of Transportation highlighting transportation challenges we face due to increasing population,…

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Tesla Model S autopilot crash in Netherlands begs buggy software question

January 13, 2016 January 13, 2016

Any autonomous driving system relies on the correct software functioning.  As we all know, any software has bugs in it, even software that has seen “lots” of testing.  In the rush to add autonomous driving to cars (zero fatalities zero emissions is the Nissan/Renault pledge) may produce an unexpected result.…

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Tesla Motors 7.1 software update a baby step to… an autonomous robotaxi service?

January 10, 2016 January 10, 2016
Tesla Model S

Along with releasing the Tesla Model S/X version 7.1 update, an online press conference was held this morning in which Elon Musk said some crazy things that might just become true.  We have to wonder if some of the things which are possible are in fact desirable.  Namely – most…

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Tesla Model S/X 7.1 update adds self parking, summoning features

January 10, 2016 January 10, 2016

Tesla Motors is incrementally adding more autopilot autonomous driving features to the Model S and Model X.  With the 7.1 update just released, the car will detect the ability to autopark into a space while driving through parking lots, and can drive itself (unoccupied) in and out of a garage.…

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GM, Lyft in joint venture, putting ride sharing drivers on notice — your days are numbered

January 4, 2016 January 4, 2016

GM has taken a big step towards offering autonomously driven robotaxi services, hinted in a press release in October 2015, by making a $500 million investment into Lyft.    The companies pledged “a long-term strategic alliance to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the U.S.”  That investing $500M into…

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Robotic electric race cars to race alongside Formula E during 2016-17 season

November 27, 2015 November 27, 2015

Self-driving electric robotic race cars will take the stage in the 2016-2017 FIA Formula E season.  Called the ROBORACE series, it will be a “support” race to the main Formula E event.  Where the Formula E series features electric race cars driven by humans, the ROBORACE series will feature electric race cars…

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BMW’s oblique statements imply future autonomous car based transportation service business

November 3, 2015 November 3, 2015

In a statement today from BMW’s top management, the company said clearly – electric vehicles are the future.  Oh, and “digitalization” meaning the integration of advanced computer systems and networked connections into cars.  The statement by Harald Krüger is attributed to a quarterly conference call dated Sept 30, 2015. As we’ll see…

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WARNING: Tesla Autopilot mode is not full autonomous driving, pay attention while “driving”

October 29, 2015 October 29, 2015

How good is the Tesla Autopilot feature?  This feature was rolled out to Tesla Model S owners over the last couple weeks, and marks a large advance towards fully autonomous vehicles.  Since then some Model S owners have posted videos of the autopilot system doing amazingly good things, and also…

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Nissan’s IDS self driving concept car promises perfect future that may never happen

October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015

Yesterday, Nissan unveiled a bold new concept car fulfilling the “zero emissions zero fatalities” promise made a couple years ago.  It’s an all-electric car with self driving autonomous features galore.  Its story is told with an enticing image gallery and a series of video’s demonstrating usage scenarios that aren’t quite the challenges…

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