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Li Auto CEO Thinks Autonomous Cars Need Lidar in China

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:47:49 +0000

It’s a longstanding and vigorous debate — will robotaxis need lidar, or are cameras alone adequate? Of course, we have several companies now operating robotaxis in China, the US, and elsewhere. Those all use lidar. However, Elon Musk has said for about a decade that robotaxis shouldn’t need lidar, and … [continued]

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How Much Are Robotaxi Utopia Promises Simply Myths?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:45:47 +0000

Much of the discussion around robotaxis these days is focused on how well they work and how quickly they can scale up and reproduce. However, some of the initial premises on why robotaxis could be good and helpful have probably not gotten enough attention. Bloomberg recently interviewed former director of … [continued]

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55% of Americans Would Ride in a Tesla Robotaxi

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:34:45 +0000

I just wrote about interesting new research finding that 25% of Americans are completely avoiding Tesla products because of Elon Musk. It’s a big deal, whether many Tesla fans want to acknowledge it or not. In theory, that’s 1.5 million sales rather than 2 million. But that’s not what most … [continued]

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Pony.ai To Launch Robotaxis in Hong Kong

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:45:29 +0000

Pony.ai Robotaxis Gallop to Hong Kong Pony.ai currently has 250+ robotaxis in operation in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen (without safety drivers). It’s now looking to expand into Hong Kong, following somewhat more mature rival Baidu there. In particular, Pony.ai will be operating robotaxis at the Hong Kong International Airport as … [continued]

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Waymo Robotaxis Safer Than Any Human-Driven Cars — MUCH Safer

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:26:14 +0000

Swiss Re, a top reinsurer globally, has analyzed a lot of data, and it has determined that Waymo’s robotaxis are safer than human drivers, and even safer than human drivers of new cars with the latest advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Swiss Re has more than 500,000 liability claims and … [continued]

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US Government Takes Step Forward With Self-Driving Vehicle Rules — Will They Last?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:20:01 +0000

New regulations and big regulatory changes take a long time to develop and roll out in the US government. They need to be super carefully developed and every single punctuation mark needs to be examined by the lawyers to make sure the regulations will hold up if challenged in the … [continued]

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Waymo Exploring Another Country

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:02:19 +0000

Waymo has been on a roll this year. Without a doubt, in my humble opinion, this has been the company’s best year. I don’t just mean that every year is better than the last, and so this is its best year. I mean that the company seems to have leapt … [continued]

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Waymo Leads the Way Again with 1st First Responder Program

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 04:53:45 +0000

How robotaxis interact with first responders and how first responders are expected to handle robotaxis that have been in an accident are important matters, and Waymo has taken these matters seriously. As evidence of that, Waymo has partnered with TÜV SÜD for an independent, third-party evaluation of Waymo’s practices. The … [continued]

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GM Pulls The Plug On Cruise Robotaxi Business

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:31:59 +0000

Cruise, the robotaxi arm of General Motors, will be shut down and its operations folded into self driving technology for cars and trucks.

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WeRide Deploys Autonomous Streetsweepers

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:57:31 +0000

After writing about WeRide’s robotaxi deployment in Abu Dhabi, I went looking at recent WeRide announcements, and I noticed one especially interesting ones I had missed. Just a couple weeks ago, autonomous robotaxis from WeRide, the Robosweeper S6 and Robosweeper S1, were commercially deployed in Singapore, at Marina Coastal Drive … [continued]

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