Weekend Autonomous Vehicle Link Round-Up
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May 15, 2021
- That Tesla crash in Houston might have been more nuanced than first reported. But the crash in Southern California, which injured a good samaritan, did involve Autopilot. The Tesla backseat driver went to jail for a night, but says he’s going to keep backseat driving. Also, the Tesla-Apple talent pipeline.
- German government subsidies weren’t enough to make hydrogen-powered cars viable.
- WeRide raises hundreds of millions of dollars at a $3.3 billion valuation, to compete with Pony, AutoX, and Apollo in the Chinese robotaxi market.
- Navy beat Army at AWS DeepRacer. The winning team was called DeepBlueSea.
