This will all no doubt be welcome news at Uber ATG, which has faced heavy criticism-if not criminal prosecution-for the death of Elaine Herzberg, who was killed in March 2018 by an autonomous Uber R&D vehicle in Tempe, Arizona.
Welcome Select a username of your choice. 11:02am EDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Friday he expects mass production of self-driving vehicles to start in two years.
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"Among the biggest challenges facing automated driving, most lie in how to implement both the hardware and the software at scale," said Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, executive vice president at Denso. SoftBank’s Son expects mass production of driverless cars in two years. After all, it's one thing to build an R&D fleet that receives 24/7 support, it's quite another to develop the technology to the point where it's robust enough to send it off to live with the general public. The involvement of Denso, a tier 1 supplier, suggests there's a greater plan in store than a small pilot deployment of self-driving Siennas. That followed an earlier investment of $300 million in 2016. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Friday he expects mass production of self-driving vehicles to start in two years.
In August 2018, the Japanese OEM signed a $500 million deal to integrate Uber's autonomous tech into Toyota Sienna minivans, which will operate through Uber's ride-hailing network at some future date. Further Reading Uber, Toyota sign $500M deal to put self-driving tech into Sienna minivansIt's actually not the first time Toyota has opened its wallet for Uber.
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