Driver Safety Microlessons for Today’s Adult Learners
Driving Dynamics offers micro lessons in driver safety training that are geared specifically toward the way people learn today.
Lidar Pioneer Velodyne Debuts $100 Auto Safety Sensor As Self-Driving Cars’ Pace To Market Slows
The Consumer Electronics Show has seen big announcements in self-driving car technology in recent years, but 2020’s edition of the sprawling tech extravaganza acknowledges an awareness that the timetable for widespread availability of robotaxis may be years longer than many advocates anticipated.
Velodyne debuted a $100 solid-state laser sensor at CES today, the Velabit, that the company thinks is ideal for auto safety-oriented ADAS, as well as drones and industrial robots.
“We are coming to a conclusion that the addition of the lidar into the vehicle, maybe two Velabits, will first and foremost enhance the reliability and availability of your basic ADAS functions like automatic emergency braking and lane-keep assist,” CEO Anand Gopalan, who was promoted to that position from chief technology officer late Monday, tells Forbes. “Even systems available today, using cameras and radar, become more reliable with lidar.”
Read the article at Forbes.
Berlin is Increasingly a Center of Mobility and Autonomy
As the main center for startups in Germany, Berlin is a rising center of all forms of urban mobility. Two great examples of this are The Drivery and Motion Lab Berlin.
Feds Tweak Driverless-Car Guidelines, Seek To Balance Safety And Tech Development
Driverless cars and trucks will be hitting the highways in increasing numbers over the next few years.
The U.S. Department of Transportation doesn’t want to get in the way. That’s the message in a new set of guidelines the department released Wednesday. The intent is to spur further development while emphasizing safety, the department said.
“Safety is always No. 1 at the U.S. Department of Transportation,” department Secretary Elaine Chao said in a short speech at CES, the big consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, where the new guidelines were announced. But “remaining technology neutral” is a department commitment and “protecting American innovation and creativity” is another top priority.
Read the article at Los Angeles Times.
AFLA Canada-USA Fleet Summit Happening in February 2020
AFLA has announced a Canada-USA Fleet Summit that’s happening in Toronto in February. This event will be a forum for idea sharing, and for understanding the differences and similarities that fleets face in Canada and the U.S.
