Ex-Google Engineer Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Stealing Autonomous Car Secrets

5 August 20206 August 2020 by neom2m

Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing autonomous car secrets. Levandowski was employed by Google’s self-driving car division Waymo when he transferred over 14,000 secret files to his laptop before leaving the company. The stolen files were taken to Uber, where Levandowski led the firm’s own robotaxi Read more about Ex-Google Engineer Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Stealing Autonomous Car Secrets[…]

Tesla: Driving on the Edge

6 June 20206 August 2020 by neom2m

It’s happened again. Yesterday, on a highway in Taiwan, a Tesla Model 3 plowed into the trailer of an overturned truck. Accounts of the event suggest the vehicle’s Autopilot system was engaged. The failure of the system to perceive the danger ahead and avoid the inevitable collision suggests an “edge case” scenario – wherein the Read more about Tesla: Driving on the Edge[…]

Ford Seeks Own Path to Car Sharing, IoT

22 February 201922 February 2019 by neom2m

It’s hard to be a thought leader around the future of transportation when the entire market seems to be moving in one of three directions simultaneously: either ride hailing […]