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Volkswagen doesn't develop self-driving tech. They use Mobileye's solution like everyone expect Tesla, Waymo and GM/Cruise. They aren't really in the position t
by Geee 7y ago
Volkswagen doesn't develop self-driving tech. They use Mobileye's solution like everyone expect Tesla, Waymo and GM/Cruise. They aren't really in the position to make that argument.
Level 5 means that the car can drive autonomously > 95% of the time, and it will absolutely be possible. Level 4/5 distinction doesn't really make any sense once the autonomy gets beyond certain percentage. It doesn't mean that it's level 4 until it hits 100% (which is impossible).
Level 5 car is designed to drive in all conditions, but there are always statistically unlikely corner cases or situations that require high-level decision making, which the car can't handle by itself. A single driver may never hit such case, and for them the experience is full self-driving.
- simfoo 7y agoThis is not true. VW fully owns AID which is developing its level 4 stack. VW is also invested in Argo
- Geee 7y agoI stand corrected. Still, VW is using MobilEye's tech in their ride-sharing service [0], which probably means that their own tech is not very close to the competitors. [0] https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/volkswagen-mobileye-champion-motors-invest-israel-deploy-first-autonomous-ev-ride-hailing-service/ https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/volkswagen-mobileye...
- simfoo 7y agoI don't know about Israel but VWs ride-sharing service in Germany is MOIA
- 0xff00ffee 7y agoVW is also working with Magna on ADAS, which is a huge Tier-1 vendor. I think VW is covering all their bases by having multiple design efforts.
- savrajsingh 7y agosimfoo is right, Argo.ai is essentially a joint venture of ford and VW at this point, to the tune of billions of dollars invested. https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/12/vw-invests-2-6-billion-in-self-driving-startup-argo-ai-as-part-of-ford-alliance/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/12/vw-invests-2-6-billion-in-...