1) Within a few days of the National Day Rally where he told taxi drivers that they will offering help for them to face the future, this trail has been announced.
2) Gazumping headlines - to beat Pittsburg, they got 6 vehicles, a select group of "passengers" in a small zone and now claim to be the World's first. The fact that there will be an driver and a researcher in each vehicles does not seem to alter the fact that making headlines will be the main aim. In most countries it will be a called trial.
Here is what Uber is going to do in Pittsburg next week.
- they call it a test and trial
- 100 cars, full sedan
- partnered with Carnegie Mellon's famed Robotics Institute which has 3 decades of automation experience
- the whole city of Pittsburg will be involved with their famed 400 bridges and not a small tiny area
- there will be 2 safety drivers
Uber, the Rand Corporation and Google which has the most mileage of testing have clearly stated that the amount of test mileage has to be much more than currently done to go into full production.
Singapore with 6 cars, no help with any noted University or Research Institute in this field is hoping for 2018 where they will launch 300 self driving taxis. ???
http://theindependent.sg/worlds-first-self-driving-taxis-debut-in-singapore/World’s first self-driving taxis debut in Singapore
By The Independent - August 26, 2016 670
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By: Kheng-Liang Tan
Singapore has beaten Pittsburgh to become the first city in the World to feature a self-driving taxi service, after ride hailing app Uber announced plans to launch an autonomous service in a fleet of heavily modified Volvo XC90s in the American city several weeks ago.
Autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy has began to offer selected members of the public free rides in an Uber style pickup service in a controlled 2.5 square mile area around One-North. Currently, the company has a fleet of six Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i electric vehicles.
These heavily modified cars are fitted with six sets of what the company calls “Lidar”, which is a laser detection system that operate like radar. In addition, there are also two dashboard cameras to scan for obstacles and detect traffic lights changes.
So far, dozens have signed up for the launch, and it plans to expand that list to thousands of people within a few months.
The company plans to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet in Singapore by 2018, which is expected to cut the number of cars on the road to 300,000 from the current 900,000.
It added that such a model could be adopted in cities around the world.
Other prominent car makers such as Ford plans to mass produce self-driving taxis by 2021 Volkswagen expects first its first self-driving cars on the market by 2019.
2) Gazumping headlines - to beat Pittsburg, they got 6 vehicles, a select group of "passengers" in a small zone and now claim to be the World's first. The fact that there will be an driver and a researcher in each vehicles does not seem to alter the fact that making headlines will be the main aim. In most countries it will be a called trial.
Here is what Uber is going to do in Pittsburg next week.
- they call it a test and trial
- 100 cars, full sedan
- partnered with Carnegie Mellon's famed Robotics Institute which has 3 decades of automation experience
- the whole city of Pittsburg will be involved with their famed 400 bridges and not a small tiny area
- there will be 2 safety drivers
Uber, the Rand Corporation and Google which has the most mileage of testing have clearly stated that the amount of test mileage has to be much more than currently done to go into full production.
Singapore with 6 cars, no help with any noted University or Research Institute in this field is hoping for 2018 where they will launch 300 self driving taxis. ???
http://theindependent.sg/worlds-first-self-driving-taxis-debut-in-singapore/World’s first self-driving taxis debut in Singapore
By The Independent - August 26, 2016 670
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By: Kheng-Liang Tan
Singapore has beaten Pittsburgh to become the first city in the World to feature a self-driving taxi service, after ride hailing app Uber announced plans to launch an autonomous service in a fleet of heavily modified Volvo XC90s in the American city several weeks ago.
Autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy has began to offer selected members of the public free rides in an Uber style pickup service in a controlled 2.5 square mile area around One-North. Currently, the company has a fleet of six Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i electric vehicles.
These heavily modified cars are fitted with six sets of what the company calls “Lidar”, which is a laser detection system that operate like radar. In addition, there are also two dashboard cameras to scan for obstacles and detect traffic lights changes.
So far, dozens have signed up for the launch, and it plans to expand that list to thousands of people within a few months.
The company plans to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet in Singapore by 2018, which is expected to cut the number of cars on the road to 300,000 from the current 900,000.
It added that such a model could be adopted in cities around the world.
Other prominent car makers such as Ford plans to mass produce self-driving taxis by 2021 Volkswagen expects first its first self-driving cars on the market by 2019.