Andreas Breiter: And how do you think the mobility sector will be disrupted by increasing levels of driver assistance systems and, finally, autonomous vehicles?\nWe are not going to have autonomous driving next year, so we have to get there little by little.\nHull Xu: The lidar technology has been around for a couple of decades, maybe more.\nIn the past five years, it has been more about who has the right technology to enable the right application.\nWhat we think right now is that lidar is moving from a pure technology discussion to deployment.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Most drivers fear autonomous cars, AAA study says","slug":"most-drivers-fear-autonomous-cars-aaa-study-says","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:55.564400","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"articleAttitudes toward autonomous cars have taken a turn for the worse.\nA new survey by AAA found that 68% of Americans \"fear\" the technology, an increase of 13% from last year.\nFILE-A driver rides hands-free in a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S vehicle equipped with Autopilot hardware and software in New York.\nThe only true autonomous cars currently in use are operated through ride-hailing and delivery services, like those run by Cruise and Waymo, which operate within clearly defined areas in some cities and are monitored by a central control office.\nDespite the concerns about fully autonomous vehicles, AAA said that six in ten drivers would \"definitely\" or \"probably\" want their next vehicle to be equipped with an ADAS.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselves","slug":"a-new-ford-patent-imagines-a-future-in-which-self-driving-cars-repossess-themselves","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:54.323917","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselvesEnlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeImagine it's the near future, and you've bought a new car with a self-driving mode.\nThat's the vision of a new Ford patent published last month that describes a variety of futuristic ways that Ford vehicle systems could be controlled by a financial institution in order to aid in the repossession of a car.\nThe company told NPR that the company has no intention of implementing the ideas in the patent, which is one among hundreds of pending Ford patents published this year by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\nOf the innovations described in the patent, titled \"Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle,\" perhaps the most striking is about self-driving cars.\nThe repossession patent was one of 13 Ford patents published on Feb. 23 alone, and one of more than 350 published this year to date, according to a review of U.S. patent records.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Ford Focuses on Less Aggressive Self-Driving Targets With 'Latitude AI' Division","slug":"ford-focuses-on-less-aggressive-self-driving-targets-with-latitude-ai-division","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:53.883033","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ford this week announced a new subisidiary, dubbed Latitude AI, that will focus on autonomous driving technology.\nFord describes Latitude AI as an extension of existing autonomous driving efforts, including its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving system.\nThe work will support \"Ford’s strategic shift last year to focus on automated driving technologies for personally owned vehicles,\" it says.\nAs a result, Ford switched its focus from the Level 4 ADAS being developed by Argo AI to Level 2 and Level 3 technologies.\nLatitude AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, with engineering hubs in Dearborn, Mich. and Palo Alto, plus a highway-speed test track facility in Greenville, S.C.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Concerns over driverless car safety rose significantly in 2022","slug":"concerns-over-driverless-car-safety-rose-significantly-in-2022","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:52.885344","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"There has been a “major increase” in the proportion of people who are afraid of driverless cars, a US study has found.\nThis year there was a major increase in drivers who expressed concerns about the technology, rising to 68 per cent as compared to 55 per cent in 2022.\nThis is a 13 per cent jump from last year’s survey and the biggest increase since 2020.\nThis perception could stem from misleading or confusing names of vehicle systems that are on the market.\nDespite the concerns, six in ten US drivers still said they would “definitely” or “probably” want advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in their next car purchase.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service launched in Oxfordshire","slug":"uks-first-zero-emission-autonomous-bus-service-launched-in-oxfordshire","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:50.423584","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service launched in Oxfordshire0 SHARESPosted: 3 March 2023 | Intelligent Transport |Provided as part of the £4.3 million MultiCAV project, First Bus will operate the 15-seater fully electric bus around Milton Park, providing over 9,000 employees with sustainable transportation six days a week.\nCredit: First BusFirst Bus has announced that the UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service has started passenger service in Oxfordshire, as of 2 March 2023.\nA qualified safety driver is on-board the bus at all times in order to provide a personalised service and information to passengers.\nJohn Birtwistle, Project Lead at First Bus, said: “This service brings together technologies in zero-emission bus design, vehicle movement and travel planning to create a new experience.\nThe £4.3 million project has been funded by a £3 million grant from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) through Innovate UK.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Ford unveils new AI company to develop hands-free, automated driving system","slug":"ford-unveils-new-ai-company-to-develop-hands-free-automated-driving-system","publishDate":"2023-03-02 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-03 14:31:04.822058","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ford Motor Co. has created a wholly owned subsidiary that will focus on developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving system called Latitude AI, the automaker announced Thursday.\nThis news comes five months after the Dearborn automaker announced in its third quarter earnings report in October 2022 that Ford was exiting its investment in the driverless-tech company Argo AI because it failed to attract new investors.\nAt the time, Argo announced it was winding down operations in Pittsburgh and Ford said it planned to absorb the engineers and developers while utilizing Argo facilities.\nWhen Ford announced taking a significant financial loss that quarter, which reflected the Argo loss, Ford Chief Financial Officer John Lawler said profitable, fully autonomous vehicles were a long way off.\nDoug Field, chief advanced product development and technology officer at Ford, said, \"The deep experience and talent in our Latitude team will help us accelerate the development of all-new automated driving technology.\"
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Most drivers fear autonomous cars, AAA study says","slug":"most-drivers-fear-autonomous-cars-aaa-study-says","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-03 14:31:04.461860","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Attitudes toward autonomous cars have taken a turn for the worse.\nA new survey by AAA found that 68% of Americans \"fear\" the technology, an increase of 13% from last year.\n\"We were not expecting such a dramatic decline in trust from previous years,\" said Greg Brannon, director of automotive research for AAA.\nThe only true autonomous cars currently in use are operated through ride-hailing and delivery services, like those run by Cruise and Waymo, which operate within clearly defined areas in some cities and are monitored by a central control office.\nDespite the concerns about fully autonomous vehicles, AAA said that six in ten drivers would \"definitely\" or \"probably\" want their next vehicle to be equipped with an ADAS.
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