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WHAT'S IN
A NAME?
GM's Cruise Automation has
some interesting names for
its self-driving test vehicles.
They range from obscure
animals and proper names
to mythological figures and
pop culture references.

"Not all miles are created equal," Abuelsamid
said. "Waymo has far and away the most. ...
GM has less testing on public roads but they
are doing a lot more of the traditional kinds of
testing that they would do with any new-vehicle program."

COMPLEX ROADS

Vogt has said Cruise believes it learns 32
times more in San Francisco than in areas
such as Phoenix, where it is testing and
Waymo plans to launch an autonomous
ride-hailing service this year.
"There's no silver bullet for actually making
this work," he said. "It's not like there's a single
deep learning system that's going to solve
it all. The complexity likely attributes to the
higher amount of accidents Cruise vehicles
have been involved in."
According to the California DMV, Cruise
cars accounted for 22 of 27 accidents

2014
Waymo/Google
0
Cruise Automation
0
Delphi
1
Drive.ai
0
Nissan
0
UATC
0
Zoox
0
Total
1

involving autonomous vehicles in 2017.
Comparatively, Waymo had three accidents in 2017, down from 13 in 2016 in
California.
Based on external information available,
Ramsey believes Waymo is ahead of GM
overall.
"I think that Google is probably a year
ahead of any other company, realistically," he
said. "A lot of it comes down to the fact that
they've been doing it a lot longer and they
have worked out a lot of the problems other
companies are just working through."
But that, as well as what company can
be first to profitability operating the fleets at
scale, remain open to debate.
"I think that in general an OEM that already
knows how to do that for production applications is going to have an advantage,"
Abuelsamid said. "That's going to give them
a leg up."

TOTAL CRASHES
2015 2016 2017 2018 Total % of total
9
13
3
1
26
39.4%
0
1
22
11
34
51.5%
0
0
0
0
1
1.5%
0
0
0
1
1
1.5%
0
1
0
0
1
1.5%
0
0
1
0
1
1.5%
0
0
1
1
2
3.0%
9
15
27
14
66

Albatross (bird)
Alex
Andromeda (Greek mythology
and TV)
Aries (astrology)
Ayeaye (lemur)
Bolty McBoltFace (scientific
research vehicle)
Caiman (lizard)
Carter
Fennec (fox)
Flamingo (bird)
Gnatcatcher (bird)
Goshawk (bird)
Hawksbill (sea turtle)
Hugs (physical embrace)
Kysa
LittleKern (fish)
Mare (female horse)
Marmot (squirrel)
Maverick (TV show and movie)
Pickle (food)
Rafiki (Disney's The Lion King)
Skink (lizard)
Snail darter (fish)
Tamaraw (buffalo)
Tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog)
Teal (color)
Toaster (household appliance)
Towhee (bird)
Voyager (space program)
Zeus (Greek mythology)
Source: California DMV

Source: California DMV

may 2018 * shift

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Shift Magazine - Issue 1 2018

Shift Magazine - Issue 1 2018
Contents
From the Editor
Q&A
Movable Type
Trend Spotting
Think Like a Disrupter
New Motor City?
Negative Space
Battlegrounds
Old Problems
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