AI Magazine February 2021 | Page 40

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“CHALLENGER AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES SUCH AS TESLA [...] HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE ENORMOUS COMPANY VALUE ON THE BASIS OF THE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED INTO THEIR VEHICLES ”

One of the geographical areas exhibiting the most autonomous vehicle innovation is China , with examples such as Chinese transportation company DiDi or tech firm Baidu . The latter recently demonstrated a vehicle which it said was ranked at level 4 on the SAE scale , and which made use of 5G communications technology to enable remote driving
- replacing the safety driver typically ready to assume control of autonomous vehicles in cases of emergency .
With the future of autonomous vehicles split between challengers developing their own technology and existing automotive manufacturers partnering with tech firms , it ’ s worth diving deeper into both sides .
FEBRUARY 2021