With automotive giants Ford and VW announcing in October that they would discontinue investing in autonomous driving company Argo AI, that company is closing its doors.\nThe company’s shutdown puts in question the future of a facility the Argo AI planned to locate at the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville County.\nArgo AI announced plans for a new closed track testing facility at SCTAC back in August, but Ford President and CEO Jim Farley announced during the company’s third quarter earnings call in October that it would cease investing in the autonomous driving company.\n“In coordination with our shareholders, the decision has been made that Argo AI will not continue on its mission as a company,” the company says in a statement.\nThe fate of the facility planned for SCTAC may become clearer later this year as a transition period resolves, according to SCTAC president and CEO Jody Bryson.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Tesla Will Make Some EV Chargers Available to All","slug":"tesla-will-make-some-ev-chargers-available-to-all","publishDate":"2023-02-15 11:30:37-05:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:14.779269","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Tesla vehicles charge at a charging station in Pittsburgh.\nThe plan will make at least 7,500 chargers from Tesla’s Supercharger and Destination Charger network available to non-Tesla EVs by the end of 2024, the White House said.\nAll EV drivers will be able to access these stations using the Tesla app or website, officials said.\nTesla plans to triple its nationwide network of Superchargers over the next few years, the White House said.\nEven so, a question remains, he added: “Once they open it up, will (the Tesla network) still be reliable?”Want more news?
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Amazon-owned Zoox ‘robotaxis’ hit the roads in California","slug":"amazon-owned-zoox-robotaxis-hit-the-roads-in-california","publishDate":"2023-02-15 09:49:46+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:14.061087","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Following a successful test run, the Zoox driverless cars will be deployed to transport employees around Foster City in California.\nZoox, an autonomous vehicle company owned by Amazon, has successfully deployed its self-driving ‘robotaxis’ on the roads of California bringing us a step closer to a driverless car future.\nThe company confirmed earlier this week that it conducted the first run of its employee shuttle service in California’s Foster City last week.\nThis follows “rigorous” testing on private roads and approval from California state to operate its robotaxis on public roads.\nZoox will not deploy its employee shuttle service for all full-time employees in Foster City, where the company is headquartered.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"RoboCar: our ridealong in the Waymo autonomous automobile","slug":"robocar-our-ridealong-in-the-waymo-autonomous-automobile","publishDate":"2023-02-15 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:12.797079","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"But, depending on whether you’re someone who embraces advances in autonomous automobile technology or alternatively dreads it, the reality is either amazing or alarming.\nThe Daily Press went for a ride along to observe one of these fully autonomous automobiles in action.\nAralar is an Autonomous Specialist for Waymo and it’s her job to react should there be any kind of emergency.\n“The system is designed to detect whether somebody’s touching the steering wheel,” he said.\nUpon being asked if he would allow himself to be driven by an autonomous car, Mike Brown 39 pondered for a very long time before answering, “No, probably not.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Factbox: Tesla CEO Musk signals Part 3 of Master Plan is ready","slug":"factbox-tesla-ceo-musk-signals-part-3-of-master-plan-is-ready","publishDate":"2023-02-15 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:12.082062","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"[1/2] Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022.\nPART I (2006) - THE SECRET TESLA MOTORS MASTER PLAN (JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME):BUILD SPORTS CAR AND AFFORDABLE EVsBefore Tesla put out its first production car, Musk set expectations for three: a sports car, a cheaper four-door family car and an even more affordable third model.\nThe plan was unveiled in 2006 and the first model, the Roadster sports car, rolled out in 2008 at a price of $89,000.\nMusk had first estimated in 2015 that Tesla vehicles would be able to drive themselves by 2018.\nBut Tesla is yet to unveil a detailed plan for its ride-sharing and robotaxi services.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"This Chart Shows Why Alphabet Is So Vulnerable to ChatGPT","slug":"this-chart-shows-why-alphabet-is-so-vulnerable-to-chatgpt","publishDate":"2023-02-15 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:10.295478","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ever since the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT last November, Alphabet has been rushing to come up with a response to protect its search empire.\nIt's clear why Alphabet is in a panic over ChatGPT, a generative AI technology that can code, write poetry, and tell jokes.\nAs you can see from the chat above, Google Search brought in 56% of the tech giant's revenue in the fourth quarter.\nAdditionally, Google Network is closely connected to Google Search, as many search ads run on affiliate websites on Google Network.\nWith the launch of ChatGPT, Alphabet will need to out-innovate Microsoft, or it will risk losing its search dominance.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Carmakers Are Pushing Autonomous Tech. This Engineer Wants Limits.","slug":"carmakers-are-pushing-autonomous-tech-this-engineer-wants-limits","publishDate":"2023-02-15 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-16 14:31:02.115498","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Dr. Cummings has long warned that this can be a problem — in academic papers, in interviews and on social media.\nShe was named senior adviser for safety at NHTSA in October 2021, not long after the agency began collecting crash data involving cars using driver-assistance systems.\nMr. Musk responded to her appointment in a post on Twitter, accusing her of being “extremely biased against Tesla,” without citing any evidence.\nThis set off an avalanche of similar statements from his supporters on social media and in emails to Dr. Cummings.\nOne threat was serious enough to be investigated by the police in Durham, N.C., where she lived.
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