#self-driving systems

[intelligentliving]

The New Ram ProMaster Van To Have Improved Autonomous Capabilities

Waymo and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) have had a partnership for years and an active role in the development of autonomous technology. The companies are expanding their efforts to include larger self-driving vehicles. On July 22, the partners announced that they would begin developing autonomous light commercial vans, starting with the...

[repokar]

Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley. Yet for years, the Apple and Google crowd have been telling him that only Big Tech can make driverless vehicles. The Ford Motor Co. executive chairman and great-grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford said that probably they were “too dumb to get it”. He’s not kidding. Tech giants Apple Inc. and Google, once intent on disrupting, if not destroying, Detroit, have concluded for now that they don’t want to build cars. Sure, they still bank on supplying the autonomous software that will drive robot rides, but the concession that they’re not up to the complex task of mass production tilts the balance of power to traditional automakers.