[ref https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/nvidia-bosch-daimler-partnership-2018-self-driving-autonomous/ Nvidia partners with Bosch and Daimler on self-driving car tech 2018-07-10 ... something that proved to be no small barrier for those companies seeking to develop autonomous cars based on electric vehicle ... https://cnet2.cbsistatic.com/img/Bhi4c7SQAiHNrgvqjZPOlsic_tU=/2018/07/10/00b66563-f755-403a-b85b-b27243ceef24/nvidia-bosch-daimler-announcement.jpg
http://macdailynews.com/2018/07/10/former-apple-employee-charged-with-criminal-theft-of-autonomous-vehicle-secrets/ Former Apple employee charged with criminal theft of autonomous vehicle secrets 2018/07/10 · 2h “When he returned later that month, the filing said he told Apple he would be resigning and moving back to China, where he intended to take a job with Xiaopeng Motors, a Chinese electric car start-up ... https://jalopnik.com/feds-accuse-former-apple-employee-of-stealing-autonomou-1827491882 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=autonomous+grocery&days=0 Search evdl archive on autonomous grocery ] % (IMO) I don't post as many autonomous-EV newsitems as I find because evdl readers do not seem keen on / show much interest for, them. I have posted a few I feel are much more likely to be seen by the public, thus EVangels need to know about them. As many know, my posting of these EV news items are much more than just keeping evdl readers (and any of the readers my posts are also placed/linked on other forums/groups) informed. My efforts include the evdl archive use as an EV historical record. But, also my efforts are to be a tool/ an information-source for all the EVangels out there (worldwide). Like it or not, autonomous (auton) vehicles will have a market-share, thus are coming (likely sooner than the naysayers want). From an EV news perspective, many of these auton vehicles are plugins, most I've read are EVs. Of the links above I referenced to, there are those companies that want a piece of the EV action / part of the EV-boom profits. The first is an example of an IC/chip firm that wants in, in this case more than just the onboard infotainment/nav system, but as the self-driving (AI) brains for auton EVs. I post about these to keep readers informed of developments as well as auto-EV market-share interest (the more EVs on the road then better approach). The 2nd link is an example of the money-seriousness of auton EVs, enough to steal company secrets, etc. (its a cut-throat business environment out there) ... The last links will be more immediate than the efforts of google, apple, gm, tesla, ford, (+more), to scramble to R&D/ develop& release auton software in vehicles. I foresee auton delivery Es in our future soon, as major grocery chain companies already have a manual grocery pickup and delivery in place. (The following image links were pulled from an image search and are not the people I talked to) https://s.hdnux.com/photos/71/23/75/15023990/3/920x920.jpg (image: grocer-employee putting together pickup orders) https://www.riverbender.com/articles/images/7281731620-Walmart1.jpg In EVangel-mode I mentioned-in-passing to the grocery-employee picking an order, than soon auton vehicles would deliver those items. https://images.csmonitor.com/csm/2017/12/1052765_1_1218-Ralph%27s-Curbside-Pickup-Los-Angeles_standard.jpg?alias=standard_900x600 (image: grocer-employee putting items in waiting cars) Their response was ambivalent and not worried about losing their job (one stated, they will always have a job for me). https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2017/03/24/104362924-GettyImages-612924992.530x298.jpg https://assets1.csnews.com/files/walmart-pickup-0930_1.jpg (image: customer waiting in cars for groceries) https://i2.wp.com/freebies4mom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Pickup-630.jpg In EVangel-mode, while one customer was waiting for their pickup order to be put in their car, they allowed me to asked them what they thought of the idea of auto vehicles delivering their groceries to them. They did not like auton vehicles on the road. They thought them as unsafe, that they have had too many serious crashes. I asked them in a different way, as a what if to their satisfaction, auton vehicles were made very safe to share the road with, would they consider using them. They still said no because right now, they can have the store deliver their groceries (using a human driver) to their home or work if they want. I asked, 'so picking up it easier for you', they said 'yes'. I thanked them for their time and views, and that would use them when asked by the public of what people thought. You have to take those views with some perspective, of what part of the U.S. I was in, what the local media had told them to think, and of what strong opinions the EV-uninformed local media had (they stil confuse electrified with EVs). EVangels should never try to force the truth on the public. That goes against each person's ego (they consciously know the media lie, but are subconsciously ingrained with what the media spews as 'the truth'). I have found more success by sharing the truth,and letting each person later decide for themselves what is the truth (I am ingraining the truth upon them subconsciously). You may wonder what were all those reports of serious auton crashes the public were told about. Likely it was the media incorrectly reporting Tesla's auto-pilot as being autonomous and the cause of the crash (instead of stating humans are to keep their hands on the wheel at all times). The public does not want to be corrected (don't go against their ego), instead I mention that those crashes on auto-pilot are just a R&D phase of true autonomous vehicles major auto manufacturers will be fully testing before releasing. This quietly dispels some EV-ignorant notions, and lets them feel better that it will be fully tested to human/media satisfaction. EVangels should note the public opinions, but only offer positive outlook views of what is coming. Hopefully my future auton EV posts will help with that. ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=%22EVangel-about%22&days=0&sort=date evdl archive search on "EVangel-about" For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
