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Based on what I saw at CES this year and some other automotive tech conferences and demos, I would say Google is 1-2 years ahead of everyone else with their aut

Based on what I saw at CES this year and some other automotive tech conferences and demos, I would say Google is 1-2 years ahead of everyone else with their automated driving capabilities. Not a huge lead, but they have far more data to use for training and far more cars in the wild than any OEM. Most competitors have a few cars that they field test occasionally and trot out for press events. What's interesting to me is that the technology gap seems to be closing with the rapid advancement of sensors and embedded processors, and more standardized approaches to computer vision, machine learning, etc. making their way into automotive applications. Volvo is obviously taking advantage of this in a great way.

mitchellh 11y ago
Depending how you look at it this isn't entirely true for a few reasons, but also not entirely wrong either. I'll do "why its not true" first but also "why you're not wrong"... Tesla's are actively collecting data all the time for autopilot-enabled cars, even if autopilot isn't purchased. Some basic info here: http://electrek.co/2016/04/11/google-self-driving-car-tesla-autopilot/ http://electrek.co/2016/04/11/google-self-driving-car-tesla-... The usage of this data is relatively unknown, but based on how autopilot is improved week to week it is assumed that it is being used to learn the speed to take turns, where lanes are, etc. The provider of Tesla's autopilot hardware (partially) calls this something like "Active Mapping". Or something. The reason you're not wrong though is that Google has more sensor-rich data. Tesla vehicles currently just don't have the same level of sensor package onboard. So Google has a lot of data Tesla can't get.