May 22, Nvidia Jensen Huang says Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars and on May 15, Xu Baoqiang, general manager of Baidu’s autonomous driving vehicle department, said in an interview that Baidu is considering potential collaboration opportunities with Tesla for the latter’s upcoming Robotaxi service.
Nvidia is supply self driving car companies and robotaxi chips (Orin and Thor) and software. Baidu has the leading robotaxi company in the world Apollo. The leaders of the competing self driving and robotaxi companies are saying Tesla is in the lead in self driving. Should we trust their expert and informed opinion?
“Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars”
Jensen Huang
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Li Auto uses DRIVE Thor for Next-Gen EVs. GWM, ZEEKR and Xiaomi Develop AI-Driven Cars Powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Orin.
Nvidia Automotive:
First-quarter revenue was a record $296 million, up 114% from a year ago and up 1% from the previous quarter.
Announced that its automotive design win pipeline has grown to $14 billion over the next six years, up from $11 billion a year ago.
Announced that the world’s leading electric vehicle maker BYD will extend its use of NVIDIA DRIVE Orin™ across new models.
The top robotaxi and autonomous vehicle companies in China are:
AutoX
Baidu Apollo
Didi Chuxing
Pony.ai
WeRide.
Baidu Apollo seems to be a world leader with more rides given and miles driven than Waymo (Google backed US leader in robotaxi).
Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu, said Baidu Apollo Go aims to expand services on its autonomous ride-hailing platform Apollo Go to 65 cities in 2025, and to 100 cities in 2030. They plan to deploy tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles across China. They are moving toward a future where taking a robotaxi will be half the cost of taking a cab today.
By April, 2024, Baidu Apollo had accumulated over 100 million kilometers (60 million miles) of autonomous driving distance without major accidents. The sixth-generation Apollo Go self-driving vehicle, costing 60% less than its predecessor, will see its first batch deployed in Wuhan immediately, with a fleet of 1,000 units expected by the end of 2024.
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