Are Advanced Driver Assist Systems Safer? And What’s Next?

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:11:39 +0000

For some time, I have been met with pitchforks over declaring the safety of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). The shortest articulation for this measure is to not crash, or to not perform maneuvers that could cause you or others to crash. But is there any data to back up … [continued]

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AAA Report Says Americans Don’t Trust Autonomous Cars As Waymo Offers Free Rides In LA

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:40:42 +0000

AAA reports more people fear riding in an autonomous car this year than last year. Clearly the robotaxi idea has a bit of work to do yet.

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German Court Overrules “Tesla Autopilot” Marketing Ban

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 02:32:40 +0000

The short news update on a case that extends back to 2019 is that an appeals court has overturned a regional court ruling from 2019 that determined Tesla could not use the term “Autopilot” on its website and in other marketing materials in Germany. In other words, Tesla is indeed allowed to use the term […]

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Do Teslas Really Account for 70% of US Crashes Involving ADAS? Of Course Not

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:23:34 +0000

Quite surprisingly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently started collecting somewhat broad data on automobile accidents involving SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) — driver-assist technology like cruise control, lane keeping, and automatic lane changing. The first report on the collected data was published last month. Immediately, a rather shocking figure […]

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Xpeng In-House Autonomous Vehicle Technology Keeps Prices Down

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:28:23 +0000

I recently met with Dr. Xinzhou Wu, Vice President of Autonomous Driving at Xpeng Motors, to learn more about the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV) bottom-up approach, part of its long-term strategic plan. Dr. Wu is in charge of overall strategy and technical planning of the business and team management for Xpeng’s global autonomous driving R&D center in Silicon Valley, California

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