alt Hacker NewsI feel like they should have done this 6 years ago. Most AV companies already have tons of their own data today. But how would it work to install expensive LIDAR sensors on privately-owned vehicles?
Replies
mohsen1 • today at 4:41 PM
I was working at Lyft 8 years ago and suggested this to the head of AV program then. They didn't listen.
Rebelgecko • today at 4:59 PM
FWIW, a large fraction of Uber drivers aren't actually driving their own personal cars, at least around me nowadays. They're either rented or some sort of fleet vehicle (complete with TCP #)
reaperducer • today at 6:21 PM
Most AV companies already have tons of their own data today.
Real-world data spoils faster than a gas station banana.
If your AV company is relying on data from six years ago, you're going to kill someone.
Exactly my take as well. This would have been the right diversification move a decade ago.
Uber did invest early in self driving back in 2015, but in 2018 there was a fatality which pretty much deleted their whole program. And looks like it's taken them way too long to try picking it back up.