Self driving cars failed 2020

I was had planned to do a long post on self-driving cars a quite long time. I was planning to do one this spring, but I might not do that, because it seems that predictions that self-driving cars would be here in 2020 were far too rosy. Five years ago, several companies including Nissan and Toyota promised self-driving cars in 2020. So it may be wise to take any new forecasts with a grain of salt. Hare is a worth to check out article of the current status of self-driving cars:

Surprise! 2020 Is Not the Year for Self-Driving Cars
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/surprise-2020-is-not-the-year-for-selfdriving-cars

In March, because of the coronavirus, self-driving car companies, including Argo, Aurora, Cruise, Pony, and Waymo, suspended vehicle testing and operations that involved a human driver. Around the same time, Waymo and Ford released open data sets of information collected during autonomous-vehicle tests and challenged developers to use them to come up with faster and smarter self-driving algorithms.

It seems that the self-driving car industry still hopes to make meaningful progress on autonomous vehicles (AVs) this year, but the industry is slowed by the pandemic and facing a set of very hard problems that have gotten no easier to solve over the years.

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Financial Times:NEW
    European carmakers are increasingly doing deals with Chinese rivals to prevent them from falling behind in core areas such as software and autonomous driving — The EU is trading market access for expertise in key technologies, just as Beijing once did — Two decades ago …

    Europe helped teach China to make cars. Now the tables are turning
    https://www.ft.com/content/9de3f441-5288-4a0a-afed-09b811475d93

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Saksalainen autonvalmistaja on maksukyvytön – Bild: Valmistus pysäytetty, konkurssi uhkaa
    Euroopan autoteollisuus on nyt myrskyn silmässä. Uusin uhri on superrikkaiden luksusautovalmistaja.
    https://www.is.fi/autot/art-2000011173742.html

    Saksalainen luksusautovalmistaja Isdera on nyt maksukyvytön ja autojen valmistus on pysäytetty, kertoo Bild.

    Isdera on vuonna 1982 perustettu eksklusiivinen luksusmerkki, joka on valmistanut arvokkaita keräilyautoja äärimmäisen pieninä erinä. Joitakin yhtiön autoista on myyty jopa yli miljoonan euron hinnalla.

    Yhtiön perustaja Eberhard Schultz myi yrityksensä Sinfonia Automotivelle vuonna 2016, minkä jälkeen Isdera aloitti uusien kiinalaisten yhteistyökumppaneidensa kanssa Commendatore GT -sähköurheiluauton kehittämisen.

    Aiempia malleja olivat mm. Isdera Spyder, Isdera Imperator 108i sekä Isdera Commendatore 112i.

    Uusi sähkömalli ei kuitenkaan menestynyt ja sitä myytiin tiettävästi vain kaksi kappaletta, minkä jälkeen merkistä ei julkisuudessa juuri kuultu.

    Isderan autoja on nähty vuosien mittaan harvakseltaan erilaisissa maailmanluokan autotapahtumissa, mutta ei tiettävästi Suomessa.

    Omien automalliensa ohella Isdera on tarjonnut konsultointipalveluita Saksan autoteollisuudelle.

    Luxus-Marke meldet Insolvenz an: Deutscher Autohersteller Isdera pleite
    https://www.bild.de/news/inland/deutscher-autohersteller-pleite-luxus-marke-meldet-insolvenz-an-67fce31c0c382a03794ea709

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