News Commentary | July 30, 2019
Earlier this month, one of Navya's autonomous shuttles collided with a pedestrian during testing, though reports suggested pedestrian inattentiveness as the cause. Following this news, Navya announced a major change to its business strategy. Instead of providing AVs, the company plans to supply its ... Not part of subscription
Analyst Insight | October 01, 2020
Lux recently attended the MOVE America 2020 conference, which broadly focused on technologies that innovate the way we can move people and things. It's a massive event, featuring nearly 200 speakers and sessions spanning multiple tracks over three days. The event – like many others this year – ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | January 21, 2021
Autonomous driving startup Aurora has signed an agreement with Paccar to provide self‑driving technology for Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. Aurora will compete with Waymo, which is also providing technology to the trucking market. While Aurora has been talking about its strategy of entering the ... Not part of subscription
by Josh Kern
The reporting, in which several Uber ATG managers were interviewed, exposes the lack of progress the company has made in developing a self-driving vehicle. The poor results are attributed to problems developing a simulator, infighting about how cautious the group's testing needed to be following the high-profile crash in 2018, and a lack of productization experience from the former university researchers in the group. Despite plans to launch a revenue-generating robotaxi service in 2022, the group couldn't even get one of its prototypes to successfully shuttle employees between two Pittsburgh offices located a mile away from each other. Clients should see this as very poor progress for Uber in a field where leaders like Waymo are far ahead.
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