Autonomous Vehicles News & Discussions

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Blog post: https://wayve.ai/thinking/lingo-2-drivi ... -language/

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Elon Posts Tesla FSD 12.4 is Near While FSD 12.3.5 Starts Release
April 20, 2024 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/04/e ... lease.html
Elon Musk reasserts that Tesla FSD 12.4 will be another big improvement and will be released soon.

Tesla FSD 12.4 will have the driving data learned from another billion miles of driving from the one month free trial for 2 million users.

The new driving data will be from many new drivers who were inexperienced using FSD 12.3.X. The new drivers had more disengagements.

Tesla FSD 12.4 should also have major features that should complete the major gaps in FSD capability. Those major features should be around driving in reverse, handling flashing red lights providing a more comfortable ride that is safer but also feels safer to passengers.

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Mercedes Becomes First Automaker to Sell Level 3 Self-Driving Direct to US Consumers
Drivers who enable Drive Pilot in their 2024 EQS and S-Class sedans no longer have to keep an eye on the road.
By Adrianna Nine April 22, 2024
https://www.extremetech.com/cars/merced ... gn=4581475

Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous driving—what most of us imagine when we think of "self-driving"—has historically been reserved for "robo-taxis" like Waymo. But after becoming the first automaker in the United States to secure Level 3 autonomous driving permits last year, Mercedes-Benz is selling the technology directly to American consumers. EQS and S-Class sedan drivers can enable "Drive Pilot" through an annual subscription that allows them to divert their attention from the road.

Mercedes began obtaining government approval for Drive Pilot last year. Because Nevada law allows all levels of autonomous driving on public streets, Mercedes simply "self-approved" its software in January 2023, then submitted documentation for California approval a few months later. In June, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued Mercedes a Level 3 self-driving permit that allowed the German automaker to begin selling Drive Pilot in the state.

Unlike Level 2 autonomous driving software, such as Tesla's poorly-named and incredibly pricey "Full Self-Driving" beta, Level 3 doesn't require that drivers keep their eyes on the road. Instead, it uses a complex web of sensors, processors, and algorithms to make its own driving "decisions," allowing drivers to scroll their phones or dig into their drive-thru meals without keeping one greasy hand on the wheel. Naps aren't encouraged, as drivers must be prepared to intervene in tricky scenarios, but otherwise, Level 3 autonomous driving is fairly hands-off.

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First-ever autonomous motor race streams live this weekend
By Mike Hanlon
April 24, 2024

https://newatlas.com/automotive/autonom ... live-free/
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological progress towards human capability in full view.

Eight teams will use identical Dallara Super Formula SF23 cars with the same autonomous technology stack, so like with any single marque race series, it's entirely down to the driver. This is a Grand Prix for software engineers. Each team can only utilize its coding skills, AI algorithms, and machine learning software expertise to teach the cars how to drive ... fast. The event will also see former Red Bull F1 driver Daniil Kvyat run against one of the autonomous cars in a non-autonomous Dallara SF23, and during testing Kvyat was much faster, but the gap was closing.

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Tesla FSD 12.4 Starts Rollout Next Week – Starting the Summer of Judgement for FSD
May 8, 2024 by Brian Wang
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/05/t ... r-fsd.html

Elon Musk has posted that Tesla FSD 12.4 will start its rollout next week. Tesla FSD 12.4 has been almost completely retrained. The final touches are for comfort, as it sometimes accelerates or brakes too fast for most people’s taste.

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China’s Government Welcomes Tesla to Perform Robotaxi Tests
May 7, 2024 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/05/c ... tests.html
Chinese officials told Musk that China welcomes Tesla to do some robotaxi tests in the country and hopes it to set a good example, the sources said, but authorities did not immediately approve its widespread use of FSD functions.

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Elon Says Tesla FSD 12.4 Roughly 5-10X Times Better on Miles Per Interventions
May 15, 2024 by Brian Wang

Elon Musk said that Tesla FSD 12.4 goes to internal release this weekend and limited external beta next week.
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Roughly 5X to 10X improvement in miles per intervention vs 12.3.

12.5 will be out in late June. Will also see a major improvement in mpi and is single stack – no

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/05/e ... tions.html

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Renault announces production of Level 4 autonomous robotized miniBus
By Mike Hanlon
May 16, 2024

Renault made some big announcements overnight, outlining major changes to its autonomous vehicle strategy and announcing the production (no dates specified) of a robotized electric miniBus based on the New Renault Master.

The new robotized electric miniBus is intended to be a platform suitable for customization by specialist mobility partners such as EasyMile, Milla and WeRide.

The platform is designed to integrate the automation solutions from these partners.

https://newatlas.com/automotive/renault ... s-minibus/

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China’s Robotaxi Industry
May 16, 2024 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/05/c ... ustry.html
China’s goverment wants to be a global leader in emerging technologies and has identified robotaxi’s and autonomous driving as a key target.

The top robotaxi and autonomous vehicle companies in China are:
AutoX
Baidu Apollo
Didi Chuxing
Pony.ai
WeRide.

Baidu Apollo seems to be a world leader with more rides given and miles driven than Waymo (Google backed US leader in robotaxi).

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Tesla FSD 12.3.6 Versus Waymo
May 18, 2024 by Brian Wang

CallasEV compared a Waymo against Tesla FSD version 12.3.6. Tesla FSD12.3.6 had no disengagements and completed the drive 2 minutes ahead of the Waymo because of superior route planning. The FSD ride and the Waymo rides were both smooth. Tesla FSD can operate across North America and is getting certified in Europe, China, Asia and Australia. Waymo operates in parts of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Waymo and Tesla FSD Supervised V12.3.6 take on the route from McCormick Railroad Park to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo is an autonomous taxi that serves a large portion of Phoenix and surrounding cities.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/05/t ... waymo.html

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Sawyer Merritt
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NEWS: Self-driving vehicles set to be on roads in the UK by 2026 as Automated Vehicles Act has now become law.

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1792927267586236520

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Just an obligatory reminder to boycott Amazon

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Tesla FSD 12.4.1, 12.5 and 12.6 Still on the Path to Solving Driving
June 5, 2024 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/06/t ... iving.html
Tesla FSD 12.4.1 releases today to Tesla employees. Elon Musk says if that goes well, then it will be released to a limited number of external customers this weekend.
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There are a massive number of changes to this build. It should arguably be called v13, but we’re sticking to 12

Two other versions are in earlier stages of testing: 12.5 and 12.6, which could be called v14 and v15. We are starting to get to the point where, once known bugs are fixed, it will take over a year of driving to get even one intervention.

Elon says that after the known FSD problems are fixed in these versions then the miles per intervention will increase to 15,000 to 20,000 miles. This would be one intervention for one year of driving which will match Waymo at 17000 miles per intervention.