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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

An autonomous Waymo car hit a cyclist in San Francisco yesterday – but luckily the cyclist had only minor injuries. According to Reuters, a San Francisco Fire Department spokesperson said that a 911 call was made, but that the cyclist was not taken to the hospital and left the scene on their own. Get started today!

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

Green Car Congress

Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. Bolt EVs in the Maven fleet have driven 6.5 Maven is excited to offer an all-electric fleet of shared vehicles for the gig economy.

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Volkswagen demonstrates first successful real-world use of quantum computing to help optimize traffic routing

Green Car Congress

The algorithm calculated the fastest route for each individual bus in the fleet and optimized it in near-real time. Volkswagen’s system relies on the D-Wave quantum annealer, a different kind of machine than the universal quantum computers under development by other firms, including Google.

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NVIDIA to acquire DeepMap, enhancing mapping solutions for AVs

Green Car Congress

These maps need to efficiently scale across AV fleets, with fast processing and minimal data storage. DeepMap was founded five years ago by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, veterans of Google, Apple and Baidu, among other companies. A DeepMap map in San Jose, Calif., Finally, they must be able to function worldwide.

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Cruise to start supervised Robotaxi tests in Phoenix, AZ

Teslarati

“Supervised autonomous driving is a critical validation phase prior to driverless deployment and builds on our extensive work in simulation, closed-course driving, and more than 5 million driverless miles previously driven by our fleet to ensure safe performance on real-world roads and driving scenarios.

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Volkswagen progressing with work on quantum computing, develops traffic management system for taxi companies

Green Car Congress

As a result, public transportation organizations, taxi companies, and transport service providers will be able to deploy their fleets considerably more efficiently while minimizing waiting times for passengers. Public transport organizations and taxi companies in large cities are highly interested in managing their fleets efficiently.

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“Insanely frightening and incredibly cool”: What it is really like to catch a self-driving robo-taxi

EV Central

But it turns out there is one machine that becomes insanely frightening as soon as it exceeds walking speeds – a self-driving taxi, or AV (Autonomous Vehicle) as the cool folks in San Francisco, for whom they are already a way of life, refer to them. Because America.

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