The Apple Car is a question of 'when, not if' according to one sourceApple Car concept imageIt's been a while since we've heard anything about the Apple Car, what with so many other Apple products jostling for attention – but according to one industry analyst, the long-rumored motor is still coming, and will be launched by the end of 2026.\nIt's possible that focusing on the launch of the Apple Vision Pro has meant plans for an Apple Car have been pushed back.\n\"We'll see what Apple does\"While speculation around the Apple Car has cooled down in recent months, rumors have been circulating for years at this point.\nWe know that Apple has been recruiting executives from other car makers, including Tesla, which is one clue that an Apple Car is planned.\nHowever, we're still not convinced that an Apple Car is indeed on the way.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Manufacturers Raise Objections to Texas’ Proposal of Mandating Tesla Charging System","slug":"electric-vehicle-ev-charger-manufacturers-raise-objections-to-texas-proposal-of-mandating-tesla-charging-system","publishDate":"2023-07-02 01:26:50+05:30","createdLocal":"2023-07-02 14:30:53.888835","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Manufacturers Raise Objections to Texas’ Proposal of Mandating Tesla Charging SystemA group of electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturers and operators in Texas are opposing the state’s plan to mandate the inclusion of Tesla technology in charging stations.\nThe disagreement highlights the complexities and divergent views within the EV industry regarding technology standards and deployment strategies.\nHowever, five electric vehicle charging companies, including ChargePoint Holdings and ABB, along with a clean energy association, have written to the Texas Transportation Commission.\nThe agreements made by other automakers to adopt Tesla’s charging technology will provide non-Tesla electric vehicle users access to Tesla’s extensive charging network.\nThis indicates the need for ensuring the availability and quality of components necessary for implementing the Tesla charging technology in a standardized and compliant manner.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Is It Me or the First Driverless Remote-Piloted EV Carshare Service Is Genius?","slug":"is-it-me-or-the-first-driverless-remote-piloted-ev-carshare-service-is-genius","publishDate":"2023-07-02 07:40:30+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-02 14:30:51.993743","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"\"Self-driving cars will steal millions of jobs!\"\nAnd maybe remote-piloted vehicles are a better approach than Tesla's and others' full self-driving systems.\nEven ridesharing companies and start-ups are using real-life self-driving cars in all sorts of pilot programs.\nBut do you know what they all have in common?People's reluctance about self-driving cars.\nThe vast majority of people don't trust self-driving cars and don't feel safe in a car that's meant to be safer than one driven by a human.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The Intersection of Autonomous Robotics and Solar Panel Cleaning Technologies","slug":"the-intersection-of-autonomous-robotics-and-solar-panel-cleaning-technologies","publishDate":"2023-07-02 09:54:32+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-02 14:30:51.171541","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"One of the most promising solutions to this challenge lies at the intersection of autonomous robotics and solar panel cleaning technologies.\nOne of the key factors driving the synergy between autonomous robotics and solar panel cleaning technologies is the rapid advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.\nThe integration of autonomous robotics and solar panel cleaning technologies is already showing promising results in the field.\nThe intersection of autonomous robotics and solar panel cleaning technologies offers a promising path forward, enabling solar farm operators to maximize the performance of their assets while minimizing environmental impact and operational costs.\nIn conclusion, the synergy between autonomous robotics and solar panel cleaning technologies is poised to revolutionize the way solar installations are maintained, ensuring that they continue to deliver clean, renewable energy for years to come.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Waymo is taking on the task of writing a safety case for the entire AV industry","slug":"waymo-is-taking-on-the-task-of-writing-a-safety-case-for-the-entire-av-industry","publishDate":"2023-03-22 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-23 14:31:12.419070","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Waymo published a paper today outlining a safety case for autonomous vehicles that the company says should serve as a blueprint for the entire industry.\nWaymo isn’t the first company to push for the adoption of a broad safety case for AVs.\nAurora, which was founded by former Google self-driving car project lead engineer Chris Urmson, published its own safety case framework nearly two years ago.\nIt’s not clear whether other competitors will follow suit and adopt its safety case.\n“We have arguments to back up why we think this is the right way forward.”Updated March 22nd 7:44AM ET: Updated to clarify that the paper Waymo published outlines a blueprint for a safety case, and not the safety case itself.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Researchers helping autonomous vehicles learn to react to bad drivers, adverse conditions","slug":"researchers-helping-autonomous-vehicles-learn-to-react-to-bad-drivers-adverse-conditions","publishDate":"2023-03-22 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-23 14:31:11.679497","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Autonomous vehicles are very much a part of our transportation future.\nThe engineers at the autonomous vehicle campus at MCity are using a new virtual testing environment.\nHe says now these AVs can learn from these simulated situations and adverse weather conditions that they will encounter in real life.\nIt will also dramatically reduce the amount of time spent on safety testing for developers and regulators.\nLike 89.1 WEMU on Facebook and follow us on TwitterContact WEMU News at 734.487.3363 or email us at studio@wemu.org
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Dense reinforcement learning for safety validation of autonomous vehicles","slug":"dense-reinforcement-learning-for-safety-validation-of-autonomous-vehicles","publishDate":"2023-03-23 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-23 14:31:10.601421","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"One critical bottleneck that impedes the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles is the prohibitively high economic and time costs required to validate their safety in a naturalistic driving environment, owing to the rarity of safety-critical events1.\nHere we report the development of an intelligent testing environment, where artificial-intelligence-based background agents are trained to validate the safety performances of autonomous vehicles in an accelerated mode, without loss of unbiasedness.\nD2RL enables neural networks to learn from densified information with safety-critical events and achieves tasks that are intractable for traditional deep-reinforcement-learning approaches.\nWe demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach by testing a highly automated vehicle in both highway and urban test tracks with an augmented-reality environment, combining simulated background vehicles with physical road infrastructure and a real autonomous test vehicle.\nIn addition, D2RL will enable accelerated testing and training with other safety-critical autonomous systems.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"$15 million grant toward autonomous vehicles research","slug":"15-million-grant-toward-autonomous-vehicles-research","publishDate":"2023-03-23 03:06:55+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-23 14:31:08.640142","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will fund the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation, a collaborative facility at the University of Michigan that researches autonomous vehicles.\nCCAT director Henry Liu, professor of civil and environmental engineering, told The Michigan Daily that the $15 million grant will fund research on transportation safety technologies.\n“We are conducting research on not only the technology of connected automated vehicles, but also (how) the technology impacts society when these vehicles (are) introduced into the field,” Liu said.\n“The major difference with this (new grant) versus last grant is we (are) adding three more universities to the consortium,” Liu said.\nAccording to Liu, this marks the first time a paper on autonomous vehicles has been published in the magazine.
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