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A startup has become the first new company to launch autonomous car(s) (archive) following Uber's deadly accident in March:
On Monday, an orange and blue car with the words "Self-Driving Vehicle" prominently displayed on both sides drove itself through the streets of this rapidly growing city north of Dallas, navigating across four lanes of traffic and around a traffic circle.
The car, operated by the Silicon Valley start-up Drive.ai, will eventually become part of a fleet of autonomous taxis that will ferry locals along a predetermined route between the Dallas Cowboys facility in Frisco and two other office, retail and apartment complexes.
While other companies have tested self-driving cars for years and some are in the early stages of offering a taxi service, Drive.ai's autonomous vehicle debut on Monday was still notable. It was the first new rollout of autonomous cars in the United States since a pedestrian died in Arizona in March after a self-driving car operated by Uber hit her.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:37AM (2 children)
The first new rollout of self driving cars in over a MONTH since the tragedy! Breaking news everybody!
Not trying to hate on the article, just that little nitpick. I think a year is the minimum amount of time to qualify for "since a ..."
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:49AM (1 child)
Several other companies paused/halted their efforts back in March. Uber fucked it up for everybody (briefly).
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(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday May 10 2018, @06:43PM
Except for Waymo, who have deployed fully autonomous cars without drivers serving public riders. I don't know how this new startup is news when it's already clear Waymo won. Unless this startup has some revolutionary breakthrough, there's no way it can match the reported amount of resources that Waymo has invested to actually deploy self-driving cars.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by SomeGuy on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:51AM (2 children)
Hackity hackity hackity....
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[New car] hackity hackity hackity....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @07:43AM (1 child)
ah, those were the days.
I wonder if it's still legal to play carmaggedon anywhere...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:33PM
And MIT is working hard to make sure even that safe space won't be soon enough :)
Sort of like the streets in Carmageddon in fact... :)
(Score: 2) by black6host on Wednesday May 09 2018, @03:54AM (5 children)
What they're really saying is we made our vehicle noticeable so it's you're own damned fault if you get run over! This is a company I will tell my worst enemy to invest in. Heavily!
(Score: 2) by black6host on Wednesday May 09 2018, @03:55AM (3 children)
Oh god, "you're". Roast me, friends!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:12AM (2 children)
Target "black6host (3827)" acquired. Accelerating. Switching off internal RADAR and LIDAR systems for plausible deniability. Brace for impact.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:48AM (1 child)
"In this case, Uber executives believe the company's system was tuned so that it reacted less to such objects. But the tuning went too far, and the car didn't react fast enough, one of these people said."
Black6host (3827) gave his life so a CEO could make another $1.
God bless Black6host (3827)... a real American hero!
:)
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(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday May 09 2018, @06:37AM
Couldn't you see I was ON THE PHONE?!??!
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @08:15PM
Do they understand how cars work? The name is ON THE SIDE.
If that's the part they expect you to see coming at you ...