Witam - natknąłem się na ciekawy artykuł (niestety po angielsku) na temat
postępów w pracach nad samojezdnymi samochodami u różnych producentów i o
ich powiązaniach projektowych z innymi firmami. Dziwne, ale nie widzę
wzmianki o Hondzie, ani o VAG - czyżby przespali?

Myśle ze nawet jak ktoś po angielsku nie szprecha i będzie konieczne użyć
googlowego tłumacza to warto przeczytać:

"Automakers Eye The Finish Line in Sprint To Rollout Driverless Vehicles"

2/3/17, 11:34
Traditional automakers are in a transition phase, where selling merely to
retail customers and fleets will not place them in good stead. Disruptive
technologies such as self-driving cars, ride sharing and ride hailing
services are beginning to take hold, forcing the traditional players seek
their share of pie in the emerging opportunities.

Foray Of Tech Companies

Technology companies such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google's parent
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:
TSLA) and Mobileye NV (NYSE: MBLY) are all currently working on autonomous
vehicle technology, with Apple and Google initially suggesting that they
would make cars, a radical move away from their core businesses.

With Google currently tying up with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:
FCAU) to bring out driverless vehicles and Apple's self-driving car
ambitions shrouded in secrecy, analysts now believe these technology
companies will gradually limit their role to providing the technology,
leaving the task of building the hardware to others.

Regulatory Hurdle

The journey of driverless cars isn't going to be a smooth one, with
regulatory hurdles being the foremost worry. In September 2016, former
President Barack Obama had unveiled his administration's new self-driving
car policy. These were recommendations; firm rules have yet to framed.

For those cars that look like traditional vehicles, obstacles could be
relatively fewer. However, a car with a radically different design from
traditional or one that is devoid of a steering wheel and/or foot pedals
could face intense regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Department of
Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have
yet to develop operational guidelines for how driverless vehicle technology
should be tested and regulated. Few states have allowed testing of
self-driving car.

Companies At The Mark

Against this backdrop, Benzinga looked at some of the companies in the race
for launching the first self-driving car.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, which already has an Autopilot feature in its
vehicles built since 2014, suggested that the company's fully autonomous
vehicles will be on road by 2018. However, he did say regulators may not
allow fully autonomous vehicle on road beyond testing purposes for another
one to three years after the company is ready with the product. Given that
Tesla is notorious for missing deadlines, the answer to the question of
whether it can keep up with the date is uncertain.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), which forayed into self-driving car
technology through its acquisition of Cruise Automation, said in December
2016 that it would begin testing self-driving cars on public roads in
Michigan after the state legalized the operation of these cars. The
company's Orion Township assembly plant, which produces the all-electric
Chevrolet Bolt, was earmarked to produce the autonomous car beginning early
2017. The company was already testing these vehicles on road in San
Francisco and Scottsdale, Arizona. General Motors is also working on Super
Cruise, a feature similar to Tesla's Autopilot. A 2020/2021 launch could be
a safer bet for the company.

Cross town rival Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) had suggested in late 2016
that it intends to sell autonomous cars to the public by 2025. The company
had begun work on the technology way back in 2005. Meanwhile, the company
has a 2021 deadline for developing a fully autonomous car that can be used
by ride sharing or ride hailing services.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (FRA:BMW) said last year it would bring
autonomous vehicles into series production by 2021, with the German
automaker partnering with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Mobileye on
it.

Following the spin-off of its autonomous vehicle project into a new holding
company called Waymo, Google has been partnering with Fiat Chrysler in
installing self-driving technology into 100 Pacifica hybrid minivans. The
search giant reportedly plans to start a ride sharing service with Fiat
Chrysler, deploying a semiautonomous version of the Chrysler Pacifica
minivan. Google's car could be made available to the public by 2020.

Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE: TM), which lags behind most in autonomous
vehicle technology, recently unveiled a concept car named Concept-I, which
boasts of Level 2 autonomy, which refers to the self-driving capabilities
being operational only when needed. To grow from here to Level 5 autonomy,
which would mean the vehicles can drive themselves in any situation, it
might take a long time.

Volvo AB (ADR) (OTC: VOLVY) has promised to roll autonomous features in
stages so that it can look ahead to making a safer fully autonomous car by
2020.

Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF) has partnered with Uber to produce self-driving
Mercedes-Benz cars, with the car being tested using Uber's network. Uber
also has a partnership with Volvo. Daimler also hinted a 2020 timeframe to
be out with its driverless truck.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NSANY) has fixed a 2020 deadline for going
fully autonomous, having tested its ProPILOT feature in Japan last August.

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ: BIDU), which is also testing
its self-driving technology in the United States and China, is rumored to
make it available by 2020.

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Dnia Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:21:25 -0600, Pszemol napisał(a):
> Witam - natknąłem się na ciekawy artykuł (niestety po angielsku) na temat
> postępów w pracach nad samojezdnymi samochodami u różnych producentów i o
> ich powiązaniach projektowych z innymi firmami. Dziwne, ale nie widzę
> wzmianki o Hondzie, ani o VAG - czyżby przespali?

Mogli przespac. Wszak to nie jest typowe wyposazenie.

Albo rozsadnie ocenili, ze to jeszcze zbyt kiepskie jest, aby sie
nadawac do uzytku.

Albo ...spokojnie czekaja, dostawca rozwiazania sam sie zglosi :-)

> Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF) has partnered with Uber to produce self-driving
> Mercedes-Benz cars, with the car being tested using Uber's network.

Widac, ze tradycyjny klient mercedesa wiecznie zywy :-)

A swoja droga - podreczniki marketingu by to podaly jako przyklad
zlego zarzadzania - jak mozna deprecjonowac luksusowa marke sprzedajac
ja na taksowki :-)

J.

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