Self Driving initatives at Traditional Car Companies?
What traditional car companies are actively working on self-driving cars? I hear a lot about companies like cruise automation but I don't know as much about what companies like Toyota are working on in terms of self-driving cars -- mind enlightening me?
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Toyota is working with Uber
Mercedes is planning an AV pilot in the bay this year
What do you mean by self driving cars? If you mean like robo taxis, then not many legacy OEMs are doing that in-house. Toyota is investing in Uber and started Toyota Research Institute from Stanford, MIT, and UMich labs. If you’re talking about personally owned vehicles, most OEMs are making these systems (see GM super cruise, Tesla AP). No one knows what will actually make money yet. Most likely the two efforts will converge.
Honda is actually working with GM/Cruise on a new autonomous shuttle that looks very similar to what Canoo just announced. Joint R&D among Honda, GM and Cruise; Manufactured by GM.
GM owns Cruise. Ford just bought a defense company that works on AVs. FCA, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Subaru, Kia, Hyundai aren't doing much if anything. Of the Germans, only Audi was vocally working in the space but seems to have slowed their rollout or completely stopped.