Pony.ai Loses California AV Testing Permit

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 19:05:52 +0000

Pony.AI, a company developing autonomous vehicles, recently had its permit for testing in California revoked, reportedly because the state wasn’t happy with test driver record keeping. “While reviewing Pony.ai’s application to renew the testing permit, the DMV found numerous violations on the driving records of active Pony.ai safety drivers,” a spokesperson for the California DMV […]

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UCI Researchers: Autonomous Vehicles Can Be Tricked Into Dangerous Driving Behavior

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 18:23:28 +0000

Ordinary objects alongside the road can cause a car or truck to halt abruptly Republished from UCI News When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified another possible risk: Autonomous vehicles can be tricked into an […]

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Tesla FSD Training — The Rules-Based Automation That’s Needed

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 03:50:47 +0000

Europe is in many aspects just a little bit different from the USA. One of the things that is different is the traffic laws. They have become more harmonized across Europe in recent years, but still not identical. Crossing a border implies getting into a jurisdiction with a different set of rules. A simple example […]

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Toyo Turns Regular Vehicles Into Simulators

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 15:50:50 +0000

When you’re testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicle prototypes, or just vehicles in general, it makes sense to do a lot of the most dangerous work in simulations. An early autonomous system can be very unpredictable, or as Tesla says in its disclaimer, they can “do the wrong thing at the worst time.” […]

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Tesla FSD Training — Garbage In, Garbage Out

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 03:30:15 +0000

In recent weeks, there have been a number of articles about the lack of progress in Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD). Those stories have been from the Beta test drivers’ point of view. This article is from a system architect’s and system integrator’s point of view. Before the system architect can get to work, there is […]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Beta) Performance in Rural Northern Wisconsin

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 01:10:50 +0000

I’ve been testing Tesla’s FSD Beta obsessively for 175 days in Utah and California metropolitan areas, and now in rural Northern Wisconsin and on the roads and Interstate highways in between. Note: I am still using FSD Beta V10.11.2, because the expected big software update V10.12 has not been offered to me yet. This is […]

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Ford-Backed Argo AI Begins Driverless Taxi Operations, & Why This Is Big News

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 07:10:03 +0000

Ford-backed autonomous vehicle company Argo AI recently started driverless vehicle operations in both Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, during daylight hours. “Argo is first to go driverless in two major American cities, safely operating amongst heavy traffic, pedestrians and bicyclists in the busiest of neighborhoods,” said Bryan Salesky, Founder and CEO of Argo AI. “From […]

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Elon Musk Announces Tesla AI Day #2

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 13:14:17 +0000

Tesla is having AI Day #2 in a few months. CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would hold a second AI Day on August 19 later this year. He also said that there were so many cool updates regarding Tesla AI, and when asked by Dave Lee about showing a sneak preview of the Tesla […]

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