Sentences with phrase «autonomous driving efforts»

A number of media outlets have lamented that there's a lack of oversight and regulation of autonomous driving efforts, with the implication that if some regulation is good, more would be better.

Believing Levandowski would help take Uber's autonomous driving efforts to the next level, Kalanick acquired Otto in 2016.

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Since then however, virtually all of the world's major automakers have ramped up self - driving car efforts and are currently testing prototype vehicles with various levels of autonomous capabilities.

Alphabet and Tesla have been testing autonomous driving technologies and Samsung rival Intel acquired Mobileye last month in its own effort to enter the market.

All three vehicles in each convoy will still have a driver in the cabin — but it's a significant step forward in efforts to test autonomous driving technology on British roads.

As part of its effort to bring self - driving vehicles to market, GM has claimed today that their autonomous driving division has produced «the first real self - driving car (really).»

As part of the acquisition, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick put Otto co-founder — and one of the first employees of Google's self - driving car project — Anthony Levandowski at the head of all of its autonomous technology efforts.

China has made self - driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow down those efforts to ensure public safety.

Just days ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced that Anthony Levandowski, one of the pioneers of Google's self - driving car project and co-founder of self - driving trucking company Otto, would be leading all of Uber's autonomous car efforts as part of the company's acquisition of Otto.

The moves come following Uber's acquisition of self - driving trucking company Otto in August, which put co-founder Anthony Levandowski in charge of the company's autonomous efforts above existing directors Raffi Krikorian — who was previously at Twitter and joined Uber in March 2015 — and John Bares — who was poached from Carnegie Robotics in January 2015.

By buying Otto, Uber bought proprietary autonomous technology that can be retrofitted into vehicles and — maybe more importantly — a new leader for all its self - driving efforts: Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski.

Despite the concerns over autonomous driving, it's not preventing companies from pushing forward in their efforts.

Uber's fatal self - driving crash causes some automakers and regulators to exercise caution while others push forward with their autonomous - car efforts.

As we continue the conversation about autonomous, or self - driving, technology, we need to remember these efforts are intermodal.

In an effort to move closer to a fully autonomous vehicle, the 2017 Mercedes - Benz E-Class will have the DRIVE PILOT advanced safety system available.

Waymo, the former Google self - driving car project, is stepping up its efforts to get autonomous - driving tech ready for prime time.

Other major car manufacturers like Ford have Bay Area - based R&D facilities, and the efforts of Google and (maybe) Apple with autonomous driving are based in Silicon Valley.

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NVIDIA sank 7.8 % after temporarily suspending autonomous driving tests in an effort to learn more about last week's fatal Uber crash, while Tesla, a leader in autonomous driving technology, plunged 8.2 % and Twitter tumbled 12 % following negative commentary from Citron Research.

Earlier this month, Google revealed it was shaking up its autonomous car efforts by spinning its self - driving project into an all - new company, Waymo, and it appointed the project's division head, John Krafcik, as CEO.