NVIDIA powers Daimler and Bosch upcoming self-driving taxis

NVIDIA Drive Pegasus self-driving AI platform powers self-driving taxis that hit the road for testing in 2019.

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Published Jul 10, 2018 10:39 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:51 PM CST

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NVIDIA will be putting its Drive Pegasus self-driving AI platform to good use with a new announcement from Daimler and Bosch that teamed up for self-driving taxis that will be powered by NVIDIA's technology.

NVIDIA powers Daimler and Bosch upcoming self-driving taxis | TweakTown.com

Remember that Daimler is the parent company of Mercedez-Benz, so we're not messing around here. NVIDIA's impressive self-driving technology is capable of a huge 320 trillion operations per second, with the self-driving AI technology to be used to power level 4 and 5 vehicles that will be used as self-driving taxis.

The companies will be putting the self-driving taxis onto the roads of Silicon Valley for testing in 2019, with NVIDIA set to work with Daimler and Bosch to build the system required for the self-driving ride-hailing service... think next-gen Uber, where there's no human driver in your vehicle... but do you leave a 5-star rating? Heh.

The trials will take place next year, with plans of a larger rollout across the US to take place in the early 2020s.

NEWS SOURCE:engadget.com

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