Hacker News with Generative AI: Autonomous Driving

Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment (waymo.com)
Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.

Autonomous Driving, Partnerships, Transportation, Technology, Automotive

391 points by ra7 24 days ago | 382 comments

Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov [video] (youtube.com)

Autonomous Driving, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Waymo

5 points by xnx 51 days ago | 0 comments

China's BYD cuts entry price for smart EVs to below $10k (yahoo.com)
China's BYD on Monday started offering advanced autonomous driving features on most of its models including ones priced as low as $9,555, far undercutting competitors such as Tesla in a move analysts say is set to start a new price war.

China, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving, Price Wars

5 points by bentocorp 102 days ago | 0 comments

Every Hands-Free Driving System Available in 2024 (caranddriver.com)
We profile all of the Level 3 and hands-free Level 2 driving systems on the market today. Don't take your hands off the wheel without reading this.

Autonomous Driving, Technology, Cars, Reviews

8 points by luu 179 days ago | 9 comments

Beijing plans to expand autonomous driving test area (news.cn)
Beijing plans to significantly expand its high-level autonomous driving demonstration area to approximately 3,000 square kilometers between the fourth and sixth ring roads, more than double the size of the city's six urban districts, an official said on Friday.

Autonomous Driving, Beijing, China, Technology, Urban Planning

4 points by borissk 216 days ago | 0 comments

The Retreat to Muskworld (niedermeyer.io)
Almost eight years ago, Elon Musk announced that every Tesla made from that moment forward would be capable of Level 5 autonomous driving with nothing more than a software update.

Autonomous Driving, Elon Musk, Tesla

142 points by nabla9 221 days ago | 215 comments

Third Party Testing Paints Dark Picture of Tesla FSD (motortrend.com)
According to testing firm AMCI, Tesla’s FSD software can’t drive more than 13 miles without needing intervention.

Autonomous Driving, Tesla, Software, Safety

28 points by toss1 238 days ago | 31 comments

Nvidia End-to-End Autonomous Driving: A Bird's-Eye View (ycombinator.com)

Autonomous Driving, Nvidia, Technology, Computer Vision

2 points by belter 321 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo Driver 3.5x better at avoiding injuries over 14.8M miles in SF and Phoenix (twitter.com)

Autonomous Driving, Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Transportation, Performance

20 points by ra7 339 days ago | 36 comments

Tesla FSD head to head against Mercedes Driver Assist on the same road [video] (youtube.com)

Tesla, Autonomous Driving, Mercedes, Comparison, Technology

54 points by alexrustic 376 days ago | 82 comments

Tesla bought over $2M worth of Lidar from Luminar (theverge.com)

Tesla, Lidar, Autonomous Driving, Technology, Business

42 points by reteltech 380 days ago | 40 comments

Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes (washingtonpost.com)

Lawsuits, Tesla, Autonomous Driving, Safety, Consumer Protection

19 points by mikequinlan 390 days ago | 39 comments