Dutchy Ron schreef op 28 januari 2017 20:07:
Artikel over Waymo
www.recode.net/2017/1/27/14399770/way...The first indication that Waymo was positioning itself as a competitor to players like Mobieleye and Delphi came in December, when CEO John Krafcik announced the company was going to build its own sensor technology, the proverbial eyes that self-driving vehicles need to track the road and any obstacles such as oncoming traffic or pedestrians.
Already, the company is being mentioned in the same breath as the players it wants to beat. On Ford’s quarterly earnings call Thursday,
an analyst asked whether Ford would consider sharing data with suppliers like Waymo or Mobileye to create standardized HD maps for the industry. Ford CEO Mark Fields responded the company would have to determine whether it’s ceding a competitive advantage to other automakers by sharing the data.