1. BBC News - The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads from January next year. It also invited cities to compete to host one of three trials of the tech, which would start at the same time.
2. A Baidu representative confirmed to Tech in Asia that it’s working on a self-driving car, but stated that the program is “at a very early stage.” The Baidu driverless car project is being driven by its “deep learning” labs.
3. Chunka Mui is managing director of the Devil’s Advocate Group and author of three books on innovation and he discusses the disruption possible with driverless cars at Forbes
Driverless cars create opening for a leapfrog competitor. In other words, maybe Google will choose not to be a supplier at all. The International Energy Agency estimates that a combination of population growth and rising living standards could drive a 250% increase in the number of passenger light-duty vehicles worldwide, to more than 2 billion vehicles, over the next 35 years. There’s no guarantee, however, that those cars will look like today’s cars.
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2. A Baidu representative confirmed to Tech in Asia that it’s working on a self-driving car, but stated that the program is “at a very early stage.” The Baidu driverless car project is being driven by its “deep learning” labs.
3. Chunka Mui is managing director of the Devil’s Advocate Group and author of three books on innovation and he discusses the disruption possible with driverless cars at Forbes
Driverless cars create opening for a leapfrog competitor. In other words, maybe Google will choose not to be a supplier at all. The International Energy Agency estimates that a combination of population growth and rising living standards could drive a 250% increase in the number of passenger light-duty vehicles worldwide, to more than 2 billion vehicles, over the next 35 years. There’s no guarantee, however, that those cars will look like today’s cars.
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