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GCC:
USDOT releases paper on public sentiment regarding automated vehicles
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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/01/20200130-dotav.html



The US Department of Transportation has released a paper summarizing the results and implications of past research on the dynamics of consumer adoption of automated vehicles.

The paper, “Understanding Surveys of Public Sentiment Regarding Automated Vehicles: Summary of Results to Date and Implications of Past Research on the Dynamics of Consumer Adoption,” explores the public’s outlook on automated vehicles, focusing specifically on attitudes regarding safety, trust, and willingness to try, as well as the factors that influence those opinions.

It compiles the results of numerous surveys and studies conducted over the past 4 years and tracks consumer attitudes over time, against the backdrop of newsworthy events in the development, testing, and early deployment of automated vehicles.

The paper also presents an overview of research on the factors that affect consumer technology adoption, particularly in the context of innovative technologies, and identifies implications of this research for future assessments of the public’s interest in automated vehicles.

The authors reviewed 22 surveys conducted by 15 entities/partnerships, several of which recur annually. . . .
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GRA said:
GCC:
USDOT releases paper on public sentiment regarding automated vehicles
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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/01/20200130-dotav.html



The US Department of Transportation has released a paper summarizing the results and implications of past research on the dynamics of consumer adoption of automated vehicles.

The paper, “Understanding Surveys of Public Sentiment Regarding Automated Vehicles: Summary of Results to Date and Implications of Past Research on the Dynamics of Consumer Adoption,” explores the public’s outlook on automated vehicles, focusing specifically on attitudes regarding safety, trust, and willingness to try, as well as the factors that influence those opinions.

It compiles the results of numerous surveys and studies conducted over the past 4 years and tracks consumer attitudes over time, against the backdrop of newsworthy events in the development, testing, and early deployment of automated vehicles.

The paper also presents an overview of research on the factors that affect consumer technology adoption, particularly in the context of innovative technologies, and identifies implications of this research for future assessments of the public’s interest in automated vehicles.

The authors reviewed 22 surveys conducted by 15 entities/partnerships, several of which recur annually. . . .
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That is progressing in a positive way, To mw world wide Tesla seems to be the most useful today. With it running behind the scene they are logging a lot of data as to what the system wanted to do and what the driver actually did at the same time.
 
ABG:
Nuro gets green light to deploy 5,000 driverless delivery bots
NHTSA's first approval of an AV that doesn't meet all auto safety standards
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https://www.autoblog.com/2020/02/06/nuro-autonomous-delivery-vehicles-nhtsa-approval/


In a first-of-its-kind approval by U.S. regulators, a federal agency on Thursday gave permission for autonomous vehicle startup Nuro Inc over the next two years to deploy up to 5,000 low-speed electric delivery vehicles without human controls like mirrors and steering wheels.

The rollout of the R2 vehicle will take place in Houston, with plans for it to deliver items like pizza and groceries. It is about half the width of a regular car, has no steering wheel or seating positions and boasts gull-wing cargo doors reminiscent of the time-traveling car in the "Back to the Future" films.

Nuro, a privately held robotics company based in Mountain View, California, said it will begin public road testing to prepare deliveries in Houston in the coming weeks. Nuro called the regulatory approval by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "a milestone for the industry. . . ."

The agency's approval of Nuro's petition will allow the company to deploy the R2, a vehicle designed to have no human occupants and operate exclusively with an automated driving system, as part of a delivery service for restaurants, grocery stores and others. Walmart Inc and Domino's Pizza said last year they would launch pilot delivery projects with Nuro in Houston.

The R2, which Nuro describes as an "electric-powered delivery robot," is designed to make short trips and will be restricted to pre-mapped neighborhood streets. Nuro told NHTSA in its October 2018 petition that the R2 vehicles will at all times be monitored by remote human operators who can take over driving control if needed. . . .

NHTSA is requiring real-time reporting about safety issues, regular meetings with the agency and community engagement in deployment areas.
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https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/2...-to-figure-out-what-to-do-with-carlos-ghosn

This guy that was at the top of Nissan for years who is now being quoted as of this year that Nissan will be in bankruptcy in 2022 is not a good thing. What bothers me the most is Nissan dealerships that show NO excitement over Nissan EV's that will be key to selling into more and more markets as gas and diesel vehicles are forced to leave the market place. I understand the negative impact have had on the bottom line of many companies including Tesla who seems to be over the half way point of the red bridge to success in the EV world.

There are not the battery sources today to put more EV's on the roads. Nissan Leafs seem fine based on my short personal experience EXCEPT for the battery pack. I was hoping Nissan would be out with autonomous vehicles by now since I could really use one due to physical limitations and Tesla's options are out of my reach today.
 
GaleHawkins said:
Wait a minute Musk was the one who spoke the Robo Taxi concept into existence.
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Huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY was from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/ in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_self-driving_cars claims
Experiments have been conducted on self-driving cars since at least the 1920s;[1] promising trials took place in the 1950s and work has proceeded since then. The first self-sufficient and truly autonomous cars appeared in the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University's Navlab[2] and ALV[3][4] projects in 1984 and Mercedes-Benz and Bundeswehr University Munich's Eureka Prometheus Project [5] in 1987.
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Actually autonomous driving will come to semis first I expect . An article the other day said in the next 6-8 years the USA trucking industry is going to be short of like 180,000 drivers. In tight places they will be driven remotely like the military fly their drones. On the open roads the autonomous driving will be in charge.

https://interestingengineering.com...ncept-hints-the-future-of-autonomous-trucks
 
GaleHawkins said:
Actually autonomous driving will come to semis first I expect . An article the other day said in the next 6-8 years the USA trucking industry is going to be short of like 180,000 drivers. In tight places they will be driven remotely like the military fly their drones. On the open roads the autonomous driving will be in charge.

https://interestingengineering.com...ncept-hints-the-future-of-autonomous-trucks
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Live tele-presence suffers from both reception and satellite lag issues. The vehicle has to be able to behave with complete autonomy for at least a minute, and then be able to stop and park when the lag approaches that. Drones are flying in the sky, obviously, while trucks pass under bridges, through tunnels, and through bad weather. It makes much more sense to have 'supervised complete autonomy' with humans checking in or the vehicle asking for help as needed.
 
IEVS:
Driverless Nissan LEAF Completes UK's Longest Autonomous Trip
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https://insideevs.com/news/397220/nissan-leaf-autonomous-record-uk/


A driverless Nissan Leaf has completed the longest unaided journey for an autonomous vehicle in the UK as part of a research project.

The 230-mile journey was for HumanDrive, a £13.5 million project jointly funded by the UK government through the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Innovate UK, and nine other consortium partners. The journey from Cranfield, Bedfordshire, to Sunderland was the result of 30 months of work between consortium partners and Nissan engineers. . . .

To complete the task, the test car was fitted with GPS, radar, LIDAR and camera technologies that build up a perception of the world around it. Then, using that perceived world, the system was able to make decisions about how to navigate roads and obstacles on the journey. . . .
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Aptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/11/aptivs-self-driving-cars-have-given-100000-paid-rides-on-the-lyft-app/

I found https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2019/12/05/waymo-marks-one-year-of-driverless-vehicles-on.html from Dec 5, 2019. Here are a few bits:
Waymo One year in review:

1,500-plus monthly active riders.
Tripled the number of weekly riders since January 2019.
More than 100,000 total rides served since launching the early rider programs first in Phoenix in April 2017.
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Ex-Waymo driver arrested for causing one of its vans to hit his car
Waymo called him a 'disgruntled' former contractor.
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/13/waymo-crash-deliberate/
 
GCC:
Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the US for automated truck technology
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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/02/20200219-daimlertorc.html



. . . The team completed initial mapping of additional routes in January. These public road testing efforts allow the teams to collect data from real-world traffic scenarios beyond what can be learned from computer simulations and closed road courses.

Initial public road testing started in southwest Virginia last year, where Torc is headquartered. The supportive state and local governments, combined with the well-developed infrastructure and highway systems allow the teams rigorously to test, to develop and to deploy the automated system.

The Autonomous Technology Group will continue to test the next generation of automated driving software in Virginia and will add the upcoming new routes to the data collecting. This extensive testing is part of Daimler Trucks’ and Torc’s comprehensive validation approach to bring safe highly automated trucks to the road. . . .

In joining their extensive testing experience, Daimler Trucks and Torc have developed a comprehensive validation approach and safety protocols for automated driving and are completely aligned with the federal framework policy for testing and commercial deployment of SAE Level 4 automated trucks.

All automated runs require both an engineer overseeing the system and a highly trained safety driver certified by Daimler Trucks and Torc. All safety drivers hold commercial driver’s licenses and are specially trained in vehicle dynamics and automated systems. . . .
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https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/disengagement_report_2019

I haven't had a chance to look thru most of it but Tesla finally filed something recent that was non-zero. They did 12.2 miles of autonomous testing on CA public roads during the ~2019 period. Was in April 2019 which happens to be the same month as "autonomy day".

I found a summary at https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2020/02/26/disengagement-report-2019/.
 
cwerdna said:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/disengagement_report_2019

I haven't had a chance to look thru most of it but Tesla finally filed something recent that was non-zero. They did 12.2 miles of autonomous testing on CA public roads during the ~2019 period. Was in April 2019 which happens to be the same month as "autonomy day".

I found a summary at https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2020/02/26/disengagement-report-2019/.
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Thanks for sharing. We all know price and range are talked all of the time but I think Autonomous is going to become huge it the next 5 years.
 
GCC:
Consumer Reports calls for major safety improvements across auto industry after NTSB findings in Tesla investigation
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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/02/20200226-cr.html



In light of new findings by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) related to investigation of a fatal Tesla crash in 2018 related to Tesla Autopilot, Consumer Reports called for manufacturers to include key safety features in any vehicle that has an active driving assistance system and for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure that is the case.

  • This shouldn’t be considered optional. Manufacturers and NHTSA must make sure that these driver-assist systems come with critical safety features that actually verify drivers are monitoring the road and ready to take action at all times. Otherwise, the safety risks of these systems could end up outweighing their benefits.

    The evidence is clear, and continuing to pile up, that if a car makes it easier for people to take their attention off the road, they’re going to do so—with potentially deadly consequences. So far, federal safety regulators have done little to reduce these risks, and the NTSB makes clear that NHTSA’s hands-off approach is far too weak. It’s time for NHTSA to go beyond mere words and take some real, forceful action to keep people safe.

    —Ethan Douglas, senior policy analyst for cars and product safety at Consumer Reports. . . .
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Also see this and subsequent posts in the "Tesla's Autopilot - on the road" topic, which includes a link to the NTSB report: https://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=22213&start=600#p579678
 
Waymo brings in $2.25 billion from outside investors, Alphabet
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/02/waymo-brings-in-2-25-billion-from-outside-investors-alphabet/
Waymo, the former Google self-driving car project that is now a business under Alphabet, said Monday it raised $2.25 billion in a fundraising round led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment Company.

This is the company’s first external investment, which also included Magna, Andreessen Horowitz and AutoNation and its parent company Alphabet.
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ABG:
Autonomous delivery bots are roaming the streets of Michigan
The Rev-1 robot is bringing food to the people of Ann Arbor
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https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/05/rev1-autonomous-robot/


Autonomous delivery bot working in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Refraction AI is currently testing its autonomous REV-1 robot. REV-1 is a cargo bot designed to make deliveries in urban areas. It has a delivery radius of one mile and can be loaded with up to 80 pounds of groceries, food, or medicine. REV-1 can operate in both car or bike lanes and is designed to operate in all weather conditions. It has a top speed of 12 mph. Once REV-1 has arrived at a customer’s home, a notification is sent so the items can be retrieved from the cargo bay. REV-1 is currently making food deliveries in Ann Arbor.
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There's a video.
 
GCC:
USDOT releases report on automated vehicles and adverse weather
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https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/03/20200309-usdot.html


. . . Vehicles with automated features to assist the driver in a variety of driving tasks, including steering and braking, are increasingly available on the road. Although these vehicles are manufactured with sensors, perception systems, and software to allow them to drive in various environmental conditions, most of the currently available systems are not designed to operate in all adverse weather conditions.

Like other vehicles, AVs must perform in a variety of adverse weather conditions. The report summarizes the findings of a Federal Highway Administration project that conducted 1) a literature review; 2) two experiments to observe the performance of AVs and their sensor systems under controlled conditions; and 3) three listening sessions with stakeholders. The report also provides background information on AVs and outstanding research needs.

Key findings of the report include important guidance for the future of AVs and AV research. For example, the limitations of AVs are not fully understood. Some of the vehicles studied for the report were challenged when exposed to adverse weather, and the team observed a significant amount of performance inconsistency from vehicle to vehicle. Some tested vehicles used different approaches to automation and driver assistance.

The report found that advancements in data connectivity, infrastructure support, and rulemaking are needed to improve safety and achieve higher levels of automation. In addition, state and local agencies must be better equipped to provide advice on AV use in adverse conditions.
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Direct link to the 83 page report, which while long is well worth the read:
Automated Vehicles and Adverse Weather: Final Report
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43772

It's a bit odd that the report date is 2019-06-01 and we're only seeing it now, but maybe they've updated it for the "Final" version. They ran tests on five vehicles with L2 ADAS, all but one 2018 cars, with one 2016 for comparison. While they don't identify them, people with experience of how their ADAS-equipped vehicle display info will probably be able to recognize their model.
 
GRA said:
ABG:
Autonomous delivery bots are roaming the streets of Michigan
The Rev-1 robot is bringing food to the people of Ann Arbor
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https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/05/rev1-autonomous-robot/


Autonomous delivery bot working in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Refraction AI is currently testing its autonomous REV-1 robot. REV-1 is a cargo bot designed to make deliveries in urban areas. It has a delivery radius of one mile and can be loaded with up to 80 pounds of groceries, food, or medicine. REV-1 can operate in both car or bike lanes and is designed to operate in all weather conditions. It has a top speed of 12 mph. Once REV-1 has arrived at a customer’s home, a notification is sent so the items can be retrieved from the cargo bay. REV-1 is currently making food deliveries in Ann Arbor.
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There's a video.
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An area sorta near where I live had these robots delivering groceries from a local supermarket: https://www.starship.xyz/.

The posts on Nextdoor were pretty amusing about how some of them would dangerously cross the street. I think someone posted a video of getting stuck unable to climb a sidewalk. Someone posted about how one of them almost became their new hood ornament. I talked to a worker from that company at CES a few months ago at a sub-booth of https://www.tdk-ventures.com/news. Apparently, TDK Ventures funded them.
 

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