If drape dignity of the one who wants our good despite us. As a mode of government is responsible for our property without our consent, Uber has tentacles on transport demand by promoting globally the fully autonomous car. That is to say without the impeccable suit driver opens the door, offers a bottle of mineral water and daily while caring to bring you to your destination at the best price, bypassing traffic jams .
instead, it will soon be automated car without driver who will pick you up at home to drop you at the airport. Uber wants our happiness and relieve us of our money while relieving us of the stress of city driving. The record of the autonomous car offers him the opportunity and automakers, eager to develop these new modes and still sell more cars, are gearing without a shadow of a soupcçon. One way for the US service vehicle reservation by phone Uber to be accepted in the interim period while everywhere amounted protests against a hegemonic system that will finish laminating small business of the taxi.
Volvo and Ford in the race
If it goes up a gear in its autonomous car development projects, it is also because he has found the right partner who condone the strategic approach and will co-invest with him through a series of agreements announced Thursday. At first, he found common ground with the Sino-Swedish Volvo, controlled by the Chinese group Geely, providing for a joint investment of $ 300 million and use the same vehicle for their tests.
Uber and Volvo are already familiar with to be part of the same lobby in the United States whose goal is to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles, which raises not only technical but also legal and legal problems . Volvo since 2014 and tested an autonomous vehicle in the streets of the Swedish city where it has its historic headquarters, Gothenburg, and Uber did the same in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Northeast) even if it is this once a model of the Ford brand. It is in this qu’Uber City installed its research center on autonomous vehicles in 2015.
This partnership will soon have practical implications for Uber will deploy by the end of this month a project driver in Pittsburgh using autonomous cars. There will be a vehicle in the co-pilot but it will not lead, content to monitor operations. Uber did not specify how many cars will be deployed but the Wall Street Journal evokes a hundred Volvo XC90, the “Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)” of the Swedish manufacturer. According to Uber, there will not be as Volvo but Ford, which is corroborated by the American manufacturer. The news is especially pungent Volvo that belonged until 2010 … at Ford.
On behalf of our security
Where Uber no shortage of air is siphoning the safe image of Volvo wants to ensure that our happiness tomorrow and avoid us, for us, bad drivers, the accident. Making machine and computer is known, much better than us – which is not wrong for many drivers – Uber no secret that he wants our happiness and survival in dealing with this we are doing so badly: lead
the decision to partner with Volvo in the autonomous car reflects the achievements of this manufacturer in the sector but also its image linked to security, a. Uber also acknowledged Thursday.
“Over a million people die in car accidents every year. These are tragedies that autonomous driving technologies can help avoid, but we can not do it alone. That is why our partnership with a manufacturer like Volvo is so important. Volvo is a leader in terms of development and the top of the class when it comes to security, “said the boss of ‘Uber, Travis Kalanick.
But Uber does not stop there. He also announced Thursday the acquisition of the California start-up Otto that develops software for autonomous vehicles. One of the co-founders of Otto, Anthony Levandowski, will now be responsible for directing the efforts of Uber in the development of vehicles without drivers, said Travis Kalanick in a blog. The amount of the acquisition was not specified, so Uber Otto is not publicly traded, but the American press evokes nearly 700 million.
Ex-Google Car commands
Otto, which employs about 90 people, was known in May by announcing that he was working on an autonomous driving software for trucks. Its founders, Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron, respectively worked in the past on projects without Google Car driver Car and Google Maps mapping. Mr. Levandowski also designed in the past autonomous motorcycle.
“If it looks like something big is that it is one,” said Travis Kalanick. “Together, we have one of the best teams of engineers in the area of autonomous vehicles in the world.”
The autonomous cars are one of the most advanced sectors in automotive research, manufacturers vying for your car to present able to stand and move themselves. The American Ford or German BMW have recently set the goal of mass production in 2021.
In addition to traditional manufacturers, Internet giants like Alphabet (Google) and Apple are also in the running. Many of these actors have said consider using autonomous vehicles in the framework of services on demand (taxi, carpooling or car sharing). According to their promoters, such vehicles will not only reduce road mortality but also improve traffic flow and reduce traffic pollution. If they say, is that the approach is probably more profitable for them than for the government, to teach people to really drive.
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