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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
😮 GM Taps Nvidia to Boost Its Embattled Self-Driving Projects. “The automaker will use the deep-pocketed tech giant’s chips and software to develop next-gen autonomous cars, robots, and manufacturing processes.”
🙁 Zoox Recalls Cars After NHTSA Investigation. “The recall affects vehicles equipped with self-driving software versions released before November 5.”
😑 Automakers, Tech Industry Urge Trump to Speed Self-Driving Car Deployment. “The Alliance For Automotive Innovation, a group representing nearly all major automakers, in a letter seen by Reuters called on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to quickly implement a national performance-based framework and assert the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‘s role as sole regulator of self-driving vehicle hardware, software and operation. The Consumer Technology Association, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association and other groups also signed the letter.”
🚗 Zeekr Launches First Door-to-Door Level 3 Autonomous Driving Technology. “The company launched a new smart driving solution called G-Pilot, which will enable Level 3 autonomous driving in one of its upcoming EV models before expanding to others.”
🤞 Lyft’s Driverless Rides Could Arrive as Soon as Summer. “Lyft LYFT 0.68%↑ said it plans to offer driverless vehicles on its platform “as soon as this summer,” and that it sees human drivers transitioning to other work such as fleet management as autonomous rides become more ubiquitous.”
🚍 Torc Collaborates with Flex and NVIDIA to Develop AI Platform for Autonomous Trucks. “Torc announced its collaboration with Flex and NVIDIA to develop a scalable physical AI compute system for autonomous trucks.”
😉 Gatik to Accelerate Mass Production of SAE Level 4 (L4) Production-Ready Autonomous Trucks, Built on NVIDIA In-Vehicle Compute. “Gatik has announced it will develop and deploy NVIDIA DRIVE AGX in-vehicle compute architecture across its fleet of class 6 and class 7 freight-only (driverless) vehicles. This collaboration will accelerate the deployment of Level 4 autonomous trucks at scale across new markets for Gatik’s customers including Walmart, Kroger and Tyson Foods.”
