Mobileye Self-Driving Taxis Heading to Public Roads Next Year
Moving one step closer to a hands-free future, Mobileye, a subsidiary of computer chip titan Intel, unveiled a new robotaxi at the IAA show in Munich on Tuesday.
Based on the Chinese Nio ES8 all-electric, six-passenger SUV, the Mobileye AV is the first production autonomous car fitted with the firm's self-driving system. The company calls this Mobileye Drive, and it's a Level 4 autonomous system, meaning it does not require human interaction in the vast majority of situations. To enable this, the Mobileye AV has 13 cameras, plus three long-range lidar sensors, six short-range lidar arrays and half a dozen radar units -- probably more high-tech hardware than a jet fighter.
Tying all this advanced hardware together are eight of the company's EyeQ 5 system-on-a-chip integrated circuits, which are part of Mobileye's AVKit58 system. This is the first time Mobileye Drive has been fitted to vehicles used for driverless, ride-hailing services, an important milestone for the company.
Read the article at Roadshow.
Your Next Car’s Rearview Mirror Might be Staring Back at You
If you’ve driven a car in the past few decades, you’ve interacted with Gentex. Among other products, they invented the auto-dimming rearview and side mirrors, and ship about 40 million of those devices per year.
“Since then,” says Craig Piersma, Gentex's marketing chief, “we’ve put about 100 different features into the mirror, just because it’s the ideal location.” Those range from simple digital insets with the temperature or compass direction, to the company’s Homelink system that provides three buttons for opening garage doors.
In 2007, a number of automakers began installing Gentex’s Rear Camera Display mirror. When the driver shifted into reverse, a small screen on the left side of the mirror displayed the image from the rear camera. In 2016, the Cadillac CT6 was the first car to use Gentex’s Full Display Mirror, which tuned the entire mirror face into a display upon request. It would go onto appear in other GM vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Traverse and most notably, the new Corvette.
Read the article at Autoblog.
Data Reduces Driver Risk
Telematics data, once combined and normalized, provides great insight into risk and can help you develop “a potent action plan … that targets drivers, departments, or the organization.” You can read more here in “Using Data to Reduce Driver Risk.”
Easily Managing Remarketing
Want a quick and easy way to manage the entire remarketing process? If yes, then you should consider the benefits of remarketing in real time with Web Access says FLD's Carol Fowler in today’s lead video. Watch it here.
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Biden Infrastructure Plan Takes on EV Charging’s Inequality Problem
Getting more Americans to switch to a battery-powered car by improving access to charging infrastructure is a key component of President Biden's agenda.
The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill provides for $7.5 billion in charging network investments over a five-year period, with a portion set aside for low-income and rural areas.
California's incentives for disadvantaged communities are gradually increasing. Applications for the state's EV rebate program from low- and middle-income households have increased to a quarter so far this year, and around a third of funding for a popular state EV charging program is earmarked for disadvantaged communities.
Read the article at Reuters.
WIFM Session on Professional Resiliency
By Lori Rasmussen, WIFM chair, AFLA
WIFM’s goal for our annual AFLA conference session has always been to invite expert speakers who can engage an audience by extraordinary ideas that lead to personal and professional development.
We are pleased to announce that Todd Musig will join us at the upcoming AFLA 2021 Corporate Fleet Conference to speak on professional resiliency.
Recognizing that fleet managers can relate their role as that of a ringmaster of a three-ring circus, Todd will suggest ways to work with the other performers in your circus to accomplish your goals and explain the four keys for getting more “standing ovations.”
I speak for all of WIFM and AFLA when I say we are excited to welcome all attendees to this morning session right after the first breakfast on Monday, October 4th, and we look forward to emerging stronger in-person again.
