It is a possibility that Apple allowed their auto engineers an easy transition to Zoox knowing that they will use the their software in the future?
Conspicious-by-absence is your lack of mention of Tesla.
I don't even trust Tesla's level 1, 2 and 3 autonomous features after the fatal accidents that they have had.
Time will tell.
Which Tesla fatal accident(s) caused you to mistrust all of their autonomous driving features. Serious question. One was due to drunk-driving. One was due to the driver ignoring repeated alerts to take manual control. Is there another one?
Does that mistrust extend to all vehicles with autonomous features like lane-assist, automatic braking, smart cruise control, self-piloting traffic jam assistance and such?
Your posts feel a lot like someone writing with an ulterior motive. Since you confidently predict Tesla's coming demise and even distrust of their current control systems why on earth do you supposedly have one on order?? That makes no sense if your posts are sincere. So I'd ask you instead "Hate Tesla much?" because that's what it sounds like.
Well, I honestly love Tesla cars because they are fast, quiet, emission free electric cars and that's why I would buy one. In other words, I love driving them myself. I would not buy one for the autonomous driving features. I also love the company for what they do, not to mention that I have made money on their stock. The folks a the local Tesla store know me since I have been there several times with family and friends to test drive the cars.
However, I can’t ignore the facts when comparing them from an autonomous system point of view. One particular accident that really got under my skin is the one described in the links below... I believe the car crashed into a huge truck that was across in the middle of the road because it could not see the truck partially because of the color of the truck. If they had LiDAR for example, it would have picked up the truck. They did not think of that and I think they should have.
What is also irritating is the fact that Elon is insisting that those Tesla models have all the hardware that they need for level 4 and 5 autonomous driving in the future and that is simply not true. This is why many engineers have left Tesla.
That's a single accident, perhaps the only fatality a car operating in autonomous mode has had. Further wasn't it determined the driver got multiple warnings, reportedly 7 different and audible ones, to disengage Autopilot and take over since the system properly recognized it could not safely navigate under the conditions? Yes I think so.
It would be even worse if the car actually detected the truck, gave warnings and still crashed at full speed under the truck, instead of stopping to avoid the collision.
Nope, I don't think the car detected the truck at all and that's why it crashed and crossed under the truck at full speed as if there was nothing there but the horizon.
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Nope, I don't think the car detected the truck at all and that's why it crashed and crossed under the truck at full speed as if there was nothing there but the horizon.