The electric and
autonomous vehicle maker has «more than quadrupled its staff since June 2016,» according to LinkedIn.
While
autonomous vehicle makers are salivating at the prospect of selling people safer cars, they're also scared to death of being held accountable for their creations» potential accidents.
Not exact matches
Musk said that the iPhone
maker, which has been incredibly secretive about its car plans, may be too late to the development of
autonomous vehicles to be a big threat.
Chip
makers like Nvidia — as well as Intel — hope to establish their hardware as the new brains behind
autonomous vehicles.
The three laws of robotic cars will place liability for collisions on the
makers of
autonomous vehicles, putting them on same legal footing as human drivers
To persuade society at large to put lives in the hands of
autonomous cars, their
makers will have to show that the cars are at least as safe as conventional
vehicles.
This year, the auto
maker plans to triple its
autonomous vehicle test fleet — bringing the number to about 30 self - driving Fusion Hybrid sedans for testing on roads in California, Arizona and Michigan.
California requires a number of things from
autonomous car
makers, like special
vehicle registrations for the cars and the car operators, accident report submissions as well as reports pertaining to when and how often a safety driver needs to take over.
Some are likely to be other Alphabet companies, such as the
autonomous -
vehicle maker Waymo, but Sidewalk has said that competitors such as the ride - hailing provider Lyft would be able to operate in Quayside, too.
Following the fatal accident involving an Uber self - driving car striking a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, chip
maker Nvidia has confirmed that tests of its
autonomous vehicle fleet have been suspended temporarily.