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I remember reading some articles a few years ago wondering what would happen to a driver once he boarded a self driving vehicle (a level V, when you no  longer need to pay attention and become a passenger). Some suggested people would read books, other will call customers and use …

I found curious that the McKinsey report did not address the area of self-driving cars for public transportation, so I did a bit of digging. This is what I found. RoboTaxis are a perfect example of the accuracy of the Gartner HypeCycle. Back in 2016 robotaxis were a rising star …

Detecting what’s around is the first crucial task of an autonomous vehicle (the second one is to understand what’s there and the third is foreseeing the likely movements in order to take appropriate decisions). By far the best technology for detecting (still and moving) ambient objects is LIDAR (LIght Detection …

At the end of 2018 Waymo launched its first commercial taxi service using fully autonomous vehicles.  A few hundreds people in Phoenix, AZ, who participated in the trial can now order a Waymo One taxi using the app on their smartphone. No need to indicate the pick up point, the …

Daimler, a major player in truck manufacturing, has been pioneering platooning for the last few years. As technology has progressed and made possible -and affordable- the linking of several trucks into a convoy a few manufacturers started exploring the benefits. There should be two main benefits: decreasing drag, hence the …

The “Intelligence” of a car is under scrutiny in these weeks after the accident where a self driving car hit, and killed, a woman that was crossing the road. In a way people were surprised: how could a car that is able to navigate the maze of a city roads, …