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Very timely: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/mobileye-secures-deal-with-major-us-automaker-boosting-production-outlook-2026-01-05/

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Mobileye (MBLY.O), opens new tab said on Monday it has secured a major U.S. automaker as a customer for its next-generation chip, lifting production outlook, with its self-driving technology rolled out as standard equipment in millions of vehicles.​

Bob Wilson

 

Maybe put cameras underneath the car so the car doesn't "pull over to a safe location" when a pedestrian gets hit by another car and thrown under the vehicle? That's what got their permit revoked in California. They thought they could keep it a secret and SF police department didn't cooperate.

Also they should add a hatch with baseball bats that the car automatically open whenever it runs over a beloved neighborhood cat so people can destroy the car, because last time that happened they had way more cars destroyed and set on fire than just one.

 

My first source was Autoline Daily who provided a link to the report. Not sure that CES adds technical value.

My former 2014 had Mobileye for dynamic cruise control. There were reports that the EU versions had lane keeping. That experience led to buying Autopilot, a $1,200 option in March 2019.

My understanding is Intel bought Mobileye at one time and then spun it off. Seeing a familiar name show up again was welcome news.

As for CES and Las Vegas, lessez les bon temps rouilles. I cancel my trip to Las Vegas when it became cheaper to cancel than reschedule. This confirms Las Vegas has too many customers.

Bob Wilson

 

good to see as many companies as possible working on self driving tech. still a long way to go, but may already be safer than some humans

 

Are you trying to say I'm a bad driver?

 

it's not you, it's me

 

Autoline TV is doing a series at CES. Not my endorsement but amusing:

At projected $200, I would 'duct tape' one to the dash of my 2019 Model 3. That way anyone who thinks LIDAR in necessary for autonomous, self driving, could see what I think aoub such foolishness.

Bob Wilson

 

It only has to meet my requirements. Experience means it is close enough and my techniques can be taught.

My good wife is happy enough with seeing how I use it to trust it. Soon enough, I will teach her my tricks. Not by ‘tossing her into deep water’, but a series of lessons and practice over time so she becomes confident, trusting, and skilled.

Actually the LIDAR might mount on my receiver hitch, powered by the trailer wiring. Should a following vehicle be predicted to approach too fast, initially bright LEDs with police car colors and last chance, ‘fire the squib.’ The squib might include crash bag(s.)

Bob Wilson

 

Saw a crumpled Tesla yesterday on a flatbed. In an area where ever 5th car is a Tesla. Firewall forward. (What is it if called if the fire source is well in the back?) I've totaled cars before and that was a nice crumple. Square hit. Accordion result. No idea how driven, cause or occupant's condition.

 

Current tesla can go from my garage down 2 difficult streets, on the highway, and parks in many places. It needs to be supervised but it has improved by leaps and bounds in the last 18 months. It deginitely still needs to be supervised. Full Self driving beta with supervision is a mouthfull and misunderstood. Bad on the hype, but we have jensen huang who as ceo of nvidia knows AI, says it is a full stack implementation. My guess is it only need one more powerful computer to realize full self driving in most siturations.

I really think on the difficult street I'm on all the waymo's randomly stopping, sometimes going in the bike lane are really bad. I don't like that they are now allowed to go on the highway. They recently changed the programing to be more agresive but it probably is still bad. My dog always wants to pee on them, he is only 1 but maybe its the noise or something, he knows they are something wrong.