Timothy B. Lee

2 weeks ago | understandingai.org | Timothy B. Lee

One of my goals for last week’s trip to Los Angeles for the Ride AI summit was to take as many Waymo rides as possible. Unfortunately, Waymo has not yet gotten permission to operate at LAX airport. So after my flight landed, I had to take a shuttle to the economy parking lot, walk to the edge of the lot, and hail a Waymo from there.

4 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Timothy B. Lee

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4 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Timothy B. Lee

Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault. The first ever fatal crash involving a fully driverless vehicle occurred in San Francisco on January 19. The driverless vehicle belonged to Waymo, but the crash was not Waymo’s fault. Here’s what happened: A Waymo with no driver or passengers stopped for a red light. Another car stopped behind the Waymo.

4 weeks ago | understandingai.org | Timothy B. Lee

I’ve been thinking a lot about autonomous vehicles as I prepare for next Wednesday’s Ride AI Summit in Los Angeles. I’ll be moderating two panels. One features three companies—Waabi, Bot.auto, and Torc—that are working to automate long-haul trucking. The other features Nuro and Wayve, two of the leading companies developing next-generation driver asssistance systems for customer-owned cars.

1 month ago | understandingai.org | Timothy B. Lee

The Ride AI conference is coming up on April 2—barely two weeks away. If you’re involved in the autonomous vehicle industry—as an executive, engineer, investor, or otherwise—I’d love to see you in Los Angeles. Click here to get more details and purchase a ticket. In the closing weeks of the Biden Administration, federal regulators wrote a report that was bad news for Zoox, Amazon’s self-driving venture. The Washington Post obtained a copy of the report last week.