Mobileye, Sixt Testing Robotaxis In Munich, With Long Term Europe-Wide Plans. “A recently enacted autonomous vehicle (AV) law permits driverless vehicles on German roads, allowing Mobileye robotaxis to begin early-rider testing on Munich streets in 2022” Technology powerhouse Intel Corp’s Mobileye subsidiary and German car rental giant Sixt SE will start a driverless ride-hailing “robotaxi” […]
Computer Driven Cars Are Coming But Pace Slows To A Dawdle. “Significant challenges remain that may be overlooked by industry players so focused on developing the technology that they forget to ask whether anyone will use it” Like a mirage in the desert raises false hopes of imminent nirvana, claims that computer driven cars for […]
Autonomous Cars Face Hurdles; They Will Succeed, But When? “In the cities where all the software, mapping and knowledge is completed, and that number of cities increases, then you can have an AV of your own” The automotive industry is spending fortunes developing autonomous vehicles with no payback in sight, while the technology required to […]
Autonomous Car Crash Fuels Panic Over Their Future. But Apparently, UBER Had Turned Off Avoidance System. “Most Stressful Job On The Road; Not Driving an Autonomous Car” Much hot air has been expended following the fatality in Phoenix, Arizona, after the UBER autonomous experimental Volvo XC90 collided with and killed a pedestrian. This would mean […]
Autonomous Cars Hype Is Way Ahead Of Reality. “Let’s face it: we’re talking about a technology that will never happen” “While tremendous uncertainties remain in AV technology, we believe a breakthrough could come sooner than expected” “We’re so close, so close, yet so far away,” sang Hall and Oates back in the 1990s on the […]
GM Aims For 2019 Self-Driving Car, But Doubts Mount. Investors Impressed By Technology But Doubt Start Date. “We believe that stock market expectations for commercialisation at scale and profitability may need to be dialled back significantly” General Motors showed off its autonomous vehicle (AV) capabilities and although investors were impressed by its technology they reckoned […]
GM’s Autonomous Car Impresses, But Big Hurdles Remain. “Courageous of GM to allow investors to peek into its AV world. The ride was entertaining. It mostly worked, and will surely improve, but we believe that the last 1 per cent will be extremely difficult to perfect” General Motors’ demonstration of its commercial autonomous vehicle (AV) […]
Self-driving Cars Excite, But Not Yet Ready For Prime Time. “Would anyone pay $200,000 to sit in a supercar driven by computer?” There has been much fevered talk about the imminence of self driving cars, leaving the impression with the public that it won’t be very long before the automobiles we buy don’t even have […]
More Big Players Jump On Robot Cars Bandwagon. But Will Technology Be Ready In Time? “we do not expect material penetration of fully autonomous cars until as much as 15 years from now” A deluge of news apparently heralding the dawn of the age of the driver-less car has obscured the fact that the technology […]
Maybe Traditional Autos Could Be Winners In Robot World? “What if there are certain advantages that existing (manufacturers) and suppliers have in the transition to the now seemingly inevitable autonomous future” Automotive executives have been suffering sleepless nights for years worrying that new technology thrusters like Google, Apple and Uber will suddenly blind-side […]
