Sentences with phrase «for self driving cars»

The bill (S. 1298) is sponsored by California Senator Alex Padilla and Google founder Sergey Brin, which establishes safety and performance standards for self driving cars.

The investment will go towards researching and developing both hardware, such as sensors used to detect traffic and obstacles, as well as software for the self driving cars.

Features — I'm ready for the self driving car.

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Blame the full - size sedan's slow demise on the national obsession with SUVs and Ford Motor Co.» s need to slash costs and remake itself for a new era of self - driving cars and shuttles.

Alphabet's Waymo unit is seeking about $ 2.6 billion from Uber for the alleged theft of one of several trade secrets in a lawsuit over self - driving cars, a lawyer for Uber said on Wednesday.

Recode obtained documents that show Uber's self - driving cars require the human standby driver to take control an average 10 times for every 8 miles of driving.

Perhaps certain intersections will only be navigable by human drivers for a period, or certain weather conditions off limits to self - driving cars.

For more than a year prior to a fatal crash in Arizona, Uber's self - driving cars failed more often, and more dramatically, than competitors» autonomous vehicles.

Michigan is to work with Britain on the development of rules for self - driving cars, the Financial Times reported Monday.

She and Zaid later met a third co-founder, Elliot Kroo, who also envisioned that a car sharing company might morph into «the platform of the future for self - driving cars.»

Still, self - driving cars likely won't be available to consumers for at least a couple of years.

Ford still plans to roll out a fleet of self - driving cars in an unnamed city in 2021 for ride - sharing, but even these vehicles will only be able to operate under certain conditions.

So while the autonomous technology is still evolving, Ford wants to test its new business model centered around logistics so that it can lay the groundwork for a new era shaped by self - driving cars at the company.

On one hand, the slow lane for self - driving cars isn't totally unexpected, as the Trump administration continues to chart its course in major transportation policy debates and decides which federal programs to keep or replace.

Hackett has focused on streamlining Ford's core vehicle business while also recasting the company's message for investors who are captivated by self - driving cars and the arrival of upstart competitors such as Tesla.

For her part, Chao entered the Department of Transportation pledging to revise the self - driving car blueprint.

The dispute creates a new complication for GM's acquisition, which is intended to help the auto giant compete in what many believe will be a future filled with self - driving cars.

• Upstream Security, a San Francisco - based cybersecurity platform provider for connected cars and self - driving vehicles, raised $ 9 million in Series A funding.

Although the company declined to disclose when its self - driving technology will be available for integration, it noted that it's still on schedule to begin rolling out with Cambridge, Mass. - based self - driving car startup nuTonomy.

«In order for technology like Autopilot to be safe, all cars must be outfitted with a simple communication device — perhaps a combination of a camera or GPS at the front of the vehicle — even if they're not self - driving,» said Oren Abadi, CEO of Abadi Motors, a luxury car retailer in New Jersey.

Waymo accuses Uber and Otto of stealing data Otto founder Anthony Levandowski worked for Google's self driving car unit, now known as Waymo.

Today, the future for autonomous vehicles is bright, and it is expected that there will be millions of self - driving cars on the road by 2035, creating a multi-billion dollar market.

The company is now prioritizing making the driving system more comfortable and smoother for passengers in the self - driving car, said engineer Dmitri Dolgov.

The company is opening a research and development center called Didi Labs in Mountain View, Calif., one of several Silicon Valley hotspots for artificial intelligence and self - driving car technology startups.

Self - driving cars that communicate with each other will clear a path for ambulances and fire trucks.

Yet, it's «exciting» for the engineers on the project to know what's left to do now that the self - driving car has proven that it can drive on public roads.

GV, Alphabet Inc.'s venture capital firm, offered up significantly less than half of its stake in Uber even though Alphabet's self - driving car subsidiary Waymo is suing Uber for stealing trade secrets.

Forget about self - driving cars for a moment — can one of these affordable gadgets make an impact on your daily life now?

But the technologies and manufacturing required for self - driving cars will be different — and those who master them will be super-employable.

The spin out of the self - driving car unit, which is currently housed in X, another Alphabet company, has been expected for some time.

It's been an exciting year for self - driving car projects that people can actually see and experience in the real world: In December, Google announced it was spinning out its self - driving car project into Waymo, a company that will partner with automakers to put driverless technology into cars.

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

(For example, should a 14 - year - old be able to override and «drive» an obviously malfunctioning self - driving car?)

Brown accused Radu Raduta, a former Google mechanical engineer, and Sameer Kshirsagar, the former global supply manager for self - driving cars, of downloading other confidential material before joining Levandowski at Otto.

NVIDIA»S NEW COMPUTER FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMOUS CARS: Nvidia, one of the leading players in the self - driving space, announced a new computing system, dubbed Pegasus, which the company says could power a a Level 5 autonomous car, The Verge reports.

Driverless car software might not be an instant revenue driver given that the commercialization of self - driving cars might be some years away, but BlackBerry is hoping it will lay the groundwork for a future new revenue stream.

Marshall has been adding to his position in Texas Instruments, for example, because the firm's chips are used in high - end, high - demand products such as iPhones and self - driving cars.

Aurora is the 37th company to receive an autonomous vehicle testing permit in California, one of several states that have become hotbeds for the development and testing of self - driving cars.

Cruise Automation will sell its RP - 1 aftermarket kit, which will convert any Audi A4 or S4 to a self - driving car, for $ 10,000.

Of course, Uber is also outfitting its own fleet of self - driving cars and is conducting pilot programs in Pittsburgh and Arizona for that purpose.

The past year was huge for self - driving cars — the biggest ever.

Aurora is developing a «full - stack solution» for self - driving cars, which means it intends to design and develop the sensors, software, and data services needed to deploy fully autonomous vehicles.

Then Krzanich quickly moved onto his prepared remarks, including announcements of deals with Ferrari and Nissan for self - driving car components, as well as a partnership with Paramount Pictures to make virtual reality videos.

Tesla's self - driving cars, for example, won't be able to improve in their capabilities without continued advances in machine learning.

Prior to his announcement, Marchionne offered his peers some words of wisdom via an interview with Bloomberg for surviving a rapidly changing industry thanks to the advent of electric cars, ride - sharing, and self - driving vehicles.

Khosrowshahi's greatest accomplishment initially might not be in working out deals with Las Vegas for self - driving car permits and a connected car framework, or figuring out how to get along with Silicon Valley.

In your first moments of riding in a self - driving car, your every instinct is to lunge for the steering wheel.

Uber started testing in Arizona in December 2016 after it was forced to shut down its self - driving car program in San Francisco for failing to obtain the proper permit.

Michigan is to work with Britain on the development of rules for self - driving cars and technology for smart motorways, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Waymo said engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files in December 2015 containing designs for autonomous vehicles before he went on to lead Uber's self - driving car unit in 2016.