ARGO AI AND FORD TO LAUNCH SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES ON LYFT NETWORK BY END OF 2021

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ARGO AI AND FORD TO LAUNCH SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES ON LYFT NETWORK BY END OF 2021
JUL 21, 2021 | DEARBORN, MICH.
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Initial Deployments in Miami followed by Austin, Texas, to Lay Groundwork for Future Scale

DEARBORN, Mich., JULY 21, 2021
– In an industry-first collaboration, Argo AI, Lyft and Ford Motor Company are working together to commercialize autonomous ride hailing at scale. The unique collaboration brings together all of the parts necessary to create a viable autonomous ride hailing service, including the self-driving technology, vehicle fleet and transportation network needed to support a scalable business and deliver an exceptional experience for riders.

“This collaboration marks the first time all the pieces of the autonomous vehicle puzzle have come together this way,“ Lyft co-founder and CEO Logan Green said. “Each company brings the scale, knowledge and capability in their area of expertise that is necessary to make autonomous ride-hailing a business reality.”

Argo AI and Ford will deploy Ford self-driving cars, with safety drivers, on the Lyft network, as part of a network access agreement, with passenger rides beginning in Miami later this year and in Austin starting in 2022. As vehicles are deployed, Lyft users within the defined service areas will be able to select a Ford self-driving vehicle to hail a ride. This initial deployment phase will lay the groundwork for scaling operations, as the parties are now working to finalize agreements aiming to deploy at least 1,000 autonomous vehicles on the Lyft network, across multiple markets over the next five years.

“This collaboration is special because we’re executing on a shared vision for improving the safety, access to and affordability of transportation in our cities,” said Bryan Salesky, founder and CEO, Argo AI. “Beyond the link that Lyft provides to the customer, we’ll be able to work together to define where an autonomous service will benefit communities the most and ensure we’re deploying the technology safely.”

The collaboration is designed to scale autonomous vehicle deployment using market and safety data that helps define where self-driving technology can safely serve consumers. As part of the agreement, Argo will use anonymized service and fleet data from Lyft to overcome the challenges faced by other autonomous vehicle companies by focusing on where they can build a sustainable business and validate deployment through localized safety data. In addition, Lyft will receive 2.5% of the common equity of Argo AI as part of the licensing and data access agreements to collaborate on the safe commercialization of autonomous vehicles.

“Argo and Ford are currently piloting, mapping and preparing for commercial operations of autonomous vehicles in more cities than any other AV collaboration, and this new agreement is a crucial step toward full commercial operations – the addition of Lyft’s world-class transportation network,” said Scott Griffith, CEO, Ford Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility Businesses. “These three companies share a belief that autonomous vehicles will be a key enabler for a cleaner, safer and more efficient urban mobility landscape. This is the beginning of an important relationship between three dynamic companies ultimately aiming to deliver a trusted, high-quality experience for riders in a multi-city large scale operation over time.”

In order to support self-driving vehicle deployments at scale, Ford has established a robust presence in Miami, Austin and Washington, D.C. This includes operations to support commercial fleets, including fueling, servicing and cleaning, ultimately ensuring a great experience for customers. Ford also has established strong community relationships, including working closely with city leaders to provide valuable mobility solutions to meet their unique needs.

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Jesus Christ... They're just going full force hard mode on this autonomous"learning" setup. Could they pick three worse cities to test this at?

Also, did I miss some announcement on how advanced ford's autonomous driving is right now? So far Tesla is ahead of everyone and they can't really get it right. Has ford been sleeping on this news for the past few years so they could secretly blow everyone out of the water?
 

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Jesus Christ... They're just going full force hard mode on this autonomous"learning" setup. Could they pick three worse cities to test this at?

Also, did I miss some announcement on how advanced ford's autonomous driving is right now? So far Tesla is ahead of everyone and they can't really get it right. Has ford been sleeping on this news for the past few years so they could secretly blow everyone out of the water?
Tesla is not ahead of everyone indeed. But they are good at giving ppl illusions that they are the best. The pure vision based solution has its internal flaws which cannot be overcome in years if ever. That's why Tesla is the only one relying on this vision-based systems and their intention is indeed cost-cut so that it can make money asap. They push it out and allow ppl to use it on public roads surely makes ppl think they are the closest one to real "FSD", however, technically they are behind most of the players in this field. Simply check the latest V9 beta which is solely vision based, it is at least years away to catch up the other big players, such as cruise and waymo.
 
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Tesla is not ahead of everyone indeed. But they are good at giving ppl illusions that they are the best. The pure vision based solution has its internal flaws which cannot be overcome in years if ever. That's why Tesla is the only one relying on this vision-based systems and their intention is indeed cost-cut so that it can make money asap. They push it out and allow ppl to use it in public roads surely makes ppl think they are the closest one to real "FSD", however, technically they are behind most of the players in this field. Simply check the latest V9 beta which is solely vision based, it is at least years away to catch up the other big players, such as cruise and waymo.
Ditching Radar seems like a huge poor decision. I don't think I could trust a system using solely cameras. Heavy fog, rain, snow, etc., how do they expect it to be reliable?
 

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Ditching Radar seems like a huge poor decision. I don't think I could trust a system using solely cameras. Heavy fog, rain, snow, etc., how do they expect it to be reliable?
Yes it cannot measure the distance (one of the most important input for self-driving) reliably and accurately. What camera captures are 2-dimenstional images, derive the distance is doable and there are many systems doing that, but to derive it accurately at high speed is a NP hard problem. No mention the environment impact on cameras you listed above.
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