Recent News in the Autonomous Vehicle Industry

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A roundup of recent news in the autonomous vehicle industry.

Welcome to the first issue of The Autonomy Report. This newsletter is a bi-weekly roundup of recent articles from the world of autonomous vehicles and adjacent industries. You’re welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues.

Read about the future of location-based data, memories for autonomous vehicles, a new AV operating system set to launch, and super-sized screens developed for vehicle cockpits.

Pony.ai announces a new NVIDIA DRIVE Orin controller slated for Q4 mass production, the first fully driverless commercial taxi service in America, and a surprising partnership between Waymo and Uber.

Plus, driverless pod trucks are approved for use by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Pennsylvania making strides to modernize state vehicle codes, and the California Department of Motor Vehicles issues a test permit for a single-Lidar AV.

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-Location-based data and the future.

HERE’s Senior Manager of Industry Solutions Automotive answers questions about the future of mobility and location data.

-Researchers from Cornell University develop “memories” for autonomous vehicles. Past experiences could be used in future autonomous navigation, thanks to researchers at Cornell University. HINDSIGHT uses neural networks “remember” a system’s past experiences, allowing it to better navigate “familiar” places.

-Wejo Autonomous Vehicle Operating System to launch. This world-first platform will open access to data and “unlock never-before-seen insights”. The extensive data will be available to all AV developers, enabling testing of AVs without needing to have a vehicle on the road.

-Hyundai Mobis develops supersized multi-curved screens for vehicle cockpits. Bent at three points from top to bottom, the screen boasts an ultra-high resolution of 6K OLED. The 34-inch screen is optimized for autonomous vehicles.

-Pony.ai autonomous driving controller slated for mass production in Q4 2022. Powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Orin, it will enable scalable deployment for self-driving trucks and robotaxis.

-Cruise is now a commercial service. The self-driving taxi service has begun charging for rides in Northwest San Francisco, with plans to expand. The Cruise driverless taxi service is anticipated to be less expensive than Uber.

–Uber and Waymo form a long-term strategic partnership. Their team-up is focused on driverless freight trucks. Despite the snarled legal history between the companies, Waymo’s self-driving trucks will be deployed via Uber Freight.

-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approves Einride’s operation on public roads. Einride is an Autonomous EV freight company. Their pod trucks are piloted by a Remote Pod Operator. The Pod is an all-electric truck with no space for a driver.

-Pennsylvania House advances bill to allow for driverless testing. The bill would modernize the state’s vehicle code, as current codes prohibit vehicle operation without a human driver.

-California Department of Motor Vehicles issues the first permit to test autonomous vehicles using only one Lidar sensor. Korean firm Vueron’s View.One tech uses only one spinning Lidar sensor in place of the typical array of equipment.

-Update HD maps in real-time. Managing changes is a challenge faced by every digital mapping company. How do you keep your product up-to-date when road work happens every day, changing the landscape of the roads? When maps are out-of-date almost as soon as they are created, how can that be overcome? By recording those changes the moment they take place. It sounds audacious, but it’s possible. We’ve done it.

Recent News in the Autonomous Vehicle Industry