Navigant: Tesla ranks last in driverless car race

Posted on Monday, January 22 2018 @ 11:09 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
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A new report by Navigant Research claims Tesla and Apple rank dead last in the self-driving car race. While Tesla is seen by many as one of the leaders in autonomous driving, Navigant is highly critical of Tesla's technology and points out the company's technology is regressing.

The first Autopilot from Tesla used Mobileye technology, but that solution got dumped in favor of NVIDIA chips. The result is that one year after the launch of Autopilot V2, the system still lacks some features of the original. In the meantime, Tesla is working on its own self-driving car chips, which reportedly include some IP licensed from AMD.

The Navigant report claims GM and Waymo currently have the best self-driving car tech:
Navigant ranked the 19 major companies developing AV technology based on 10 criteria, including vision, market strategy, partnerships, production strategy, technology, product quality and staying power. According to the report, General Motors Co. (GM) and Waymo, the auto unit of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), are the top two AV investment opportunities in the market today.
More details at US News.


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