SAN FRANCISCO/MUNICH: The chief executive of Intel Corp’s self-driving vehicle technology unit Mobileye said it plans an initial deployment of 50 autonomous taxis in Munich, Germany next year. It added that rival Tesla Inc’s driver assistant system is not “safe enough.”
Mobileye said it hopes to remove safety drivers from the robotaxis by the end of next year and scale up the technology across Germany and other European countries later this decade upon regulatory approval.
Mobileye on Tuesday unveiled vehicles equipped with its self-driving system that will be used for commercial, driverless ride-hailing services that it plans to provide with German mobility service provider SIXT.
The self-driving vehicles produced by Chinese carmaker NIO were certified to go up to 130km an hour (over 80 mph) in Munich, Mobileye’s vice president of autonomous vehicle standards Jack Weast said in an interview with Reuters.
Weast added that German regulation permitting autonomous driving contributed to the company’s choice of Munich as its deployment city.
The German law, passed in May, is the first federal law worldwide to permit autonomous driving in regular traffic, albeit only in set areas and with the requirement that the vehicle be overseen by a human.
Self-driving tech firms like Waymo have yet to successfully deploy autonomous vehicles beyond limited areas, hampered by cost and technical and regulatory challenges.
Mobileye, a former supplier of Tesla, develops a camera-centric self-driving system similar to Tesla’s, but plans to add sensors that cost more but enhance safety of self-driving vehicles, CEO Amnon Shashua said.
“Even though we can power a full self driving vehicle with only cameras, we feel that at this point in time, it’s not safe enough,” he said at an embargoed press briefing ahead of the IAA Mobility event in Munich.
He said additional sensors would provide robustness to its self-driving system to prove it is much better than human drivers when it comes to reducing accidents.
US regulators have been probing the safety of what Tesla calls “Full Self-driving” capability, which helps drivers stay in lanes and steer on highways, following a series of accidents including a fatal crash in Texas.
Mobileye broke ties with Tesla following a fatal accident in Florida in 2016.
Mobileye to launch robotaxis in Germany next year
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Mobileye to launch robotaxis in Germany next year
- Mobileye said it hopes to remove safety drivers from the robotaxis by the end of next year
- The self-driving vehicles produced by Chinese carmaker NIO were certified to go up to 130km an hour in Munich
Harry Styles announces first album in 4 years, ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’
- It follows the critically acclaimed synth pop “Harry’s House,” which earned the former One Direction star album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards
- “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” will contain 12 tracks and is executive produced by Kid Harpoon
NEW YORK: In this world, it’s just him: Harry Styles has announced that his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive this spring.
Titled “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” and out March 6, the album is Styles’ first full-length project in four years. It follows the 2022, critically acclaimed synth pop record “Harry’s House,” which earned the former One Direction star the top prize of album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
In a review, The Associated Press celebrated “Harry’s House” for showcasing “a breadth of style that matches the album’s emotional range.”
On Instagram, Styles’ shared the cover artwork for “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” which features the 31-year-old artist in a T-shirt and jeans at night, standing underneath a shimmering disco ball hung outside.
According to a press release, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” will contain 12 tracks and is executive produced by Kid Harpoon. The British songwriter and producer has been a close collaborator of Styles’ since the beginning of his solo career, working on all of his albums since the singer’s 2017 self-titled debut.
“Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” is now available for preorder.
It is also Styles’ first project since his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne died in 2024 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
