Tomorrow - as in this week, a company out of Coventry, England, RDM Group, will be unveiling its accessible, self-driving pods, called Pod Zero, that go 15 mph with a 60-mile range before needing to be recharged. The pods are designed for campus-like settings of airports, corporate facilities, shopping centers, and theme parks. I can definitely see these in retirement communities and even as feeder/shuttle services for transit and local outings.
Not sure this is what Beverly Hills is considering.
The company is ramping up in anticipation of millions of dollars (well, English pounds) worth of new orders.
I saw this guy
If I'm right, I saw this guy, Tim Kentley-Klay, from Zoox, speak at the California NHTSA hearing. Turns out Zoox is working on a really cool idea, which is to have a completely redesigned vehicle - not a reconfigured car - that is completely self-driving. A prototype is planned for 2020. His eventual business model is something a la Uber.
Zoox is investing and integrating AI into its vehicle, a la Hotz at Comma.AI, and Nvidia - but with a vehicle that rethinks what we want in one when we won't need steering wheels, conventional dashboards, and the kinds of windshields we have now. Zoox has a permit to test its vehicles in California.
I've mentioned Zoox a few times before, when Zoox: (1) Received its permit to test in California, (2) Representative spoke at the NHTSA hearing, and (3) Was injected with an infusion of money, which was only last week or the week before.
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