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How Levandowski’s Pronto plans to ship automated driving systems
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has taken his newest autonomous vehicle technology company out of stealth mode with a product aimed at the commercial trucking industry.
“Our tech does not shy away from the rich complexities of real-world driving. Through better prediction and decision-making software, we are able to navigate previously vexing “edge cases,” such as very low light, direct sunlight glare, heavy rain, snow, construction zones, etc.
“Our new approach has already enabled us to make great progress. We drove a vehicle coast-to-coast without any human intervention — a technical milestone accomplished in October (link). But we will not claim it to be something it is not. The age of autonomous vehicles crisscrossing the country by themselves is still quite a ways off, as I mentioned above. Ours is a highly-capable “level 2” system and not more”.
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