More players bringing their expertise to the ground transportation space
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Many names previously unheard of in the travel and ground transportation space are now entering the picture. The latest entrant is chip maker Nvidia. The company known for gaming hardware, graphic processors and mobile chipsets recently announced a partnership with Baidu. The two will work together on building a comprehensive autonomous driving platform.
According to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun, the objective is to bring together the skills of two companies and leverage the AI and deep learning skills. This way they are looking to deliver a cloud-to-car architecture platform to build an end-to-end solution for self-driving cars. The platform would allow Baidu to bring self-driving taxi fleet to the market while also being suitable for use in OEM cars. Recently BMW, Intel and MobilEye joined hands to create a platform to invite automobile manufacturers to collaborate and contribute towards the common goal and these two companies are looking to do something similar.
It is worth mentioning that Nvidia has previously showcased self-driving car development platforms at CES. In other news, Nvidia’s new partner Baidu has recently received permits to test their autonomous vehicle publically in California and might soon join the other tech giants.
Source: TechCrunch
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Akshay Sharma
Akshay is interested in e-commerce, mobile, gadgets, automobiles and transportation and has previously worked for different publications writing about mobile technologies. Fascinated by how technology is affecting our lives in unimaginable ways, he likes to keep a close watch on the new trends. He appreciates the beauty of technological development and writes about it to help the travel industry innovators reach the masses. He also keeps track of the rapidly growing startup ecosystem and believes that every new travel startup carries the promise to change things for the better. You can reach him at akshay.sharma@travhq.com.
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