FMCW LIDAR is coming, what does it mean?
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2018-09-05 12:57
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Aurora's manifesto is worth a read
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2018-09-04 17:13
I rarely just link to another story, but today I will point all to Aurora's post on its development philosophy. I think it contains some important lessons for all in the field.
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What does airline competition tell us about robotaxi competition?
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2018-08-30 12:14
A couple of years ago I released my list of factors by which robotaxi companies might compete. Many people wonder if there will be a natural monopoly, limiting us to one or two companies per city, or if we might get more.
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Waymo's left turns frustrate other drivers
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2018-08-29 14:22
This week's hot story was again from Amir at The Information and there is even more detail in the author's Twitter thread.
The short summary: Amir was able to find a fair number of Waymo's neighbours in Chandler, Arizona who are getting frustrated by the over-cautious drive patterns of the Waymo vans. Several used the words, "I hate them."
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Is the use of tongs for finger food all wrong?
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2018-08-28 13:53
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Tim Kentley-Klay suddenly ousted from Zoox
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2018-08-27 13:07
A few weeks ago, I published an analysis of the Zoox strategy to produce a custom car. Last week, Zoox decided to fire its founder and CEO, Tim Kentley-Klay, with no warning. Very little has been said, other than:
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Cars will go to the chargers, you don't need to bring the chargers to the cars
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2018-08-23 12:37
This is where your car charges, not at your house
Many of us believe that there's a natural fit between electric drive trains and robocars. It's not required -- you can certainly make robocars driven by gasoline, natural gas, hydrogen or anything else.
Electric has several advantages:
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Google gets a bunch of news -- and that is news. Also, contract manufacturing
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2018-08-22 13:44
There have been recently a few news announcements and in depth coverage of Waymo.
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Can travel books enter the 21st century?
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2018-08-21 13:21
When you travel, a whole ton of online resources are available, but there is still great value in the classic guidebook that you pay money for. Free tourist information (particularly from tourist boards) is not acting in your interest. Some of the ad or booking supported travel sites do give independent information (or aggregated user information) but they have their biases as well, and are also full of review-spam.
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Uber might sell its robocar division, Nuro opens first delivery pilot in Scottsdale
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2018-08-16 12:39Uber might sell self-drive division
The newsletter The Information reports Uber's investors are pushing Uber to sell its self-drive division to some other large player. The division has, of course, been nothing but trouble for Uber, and as I have noted several times, Uber is one of the few large players in this space that doesn't have to build their own tech. They have the #1 brand in selling rides, and selling rides is what the robotaxi business is all about.
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