DRIVERLESS ROBOTAXI’S IN 70 DAYS

Posted on by

In the USA Tesla’s driverless taxi’s (Robotaxi) without safety driver will be a reality in Austin, Texas in 70 days.

It should be remembered that Waymo launched the world’s first fully self-driving ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2018. With ongoing advancements in technology and partnerships with automotive companies, Waymo continues to shape the future of transportation with its innovative and safe autonomous driving solutions.

Now that Tesla has approval and the ability to roll out thousands of Robotaxis as well as use existing Tesla vehicles where the owner is prepared to have their car used in Tesla’s taxi fleet, driverless cars will be a common sight in many US cities.

https://youtu.be/bLSWWGkyFAY?si=14guWP4ybOWUoEm2

THE AGE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAS ARRIVED

Posted on by

By Luke Lango, Investment Strategist, InvestorPlace

Sometimes the future comes faster than you think… I recently flew into Sky Harbor International Airport in my hometown of Phoenix. It was late. My wife and kids were asleep.  So, I hailed a ride in an app. The car arrived. It took me to my home in the suburbs. It dropped me off. It was like a regular Uber or Lyft ride, except for one important detail…

There was nobody in the car except me and a bunch of sophisticated sensors and electronics.

The car that picked me up drove me through Phoenix and dropped me off at my house was a Google-made autonomous vehicle (AV)… aka a “robotaxi.” The cost was US$26, versus the cost of a taxi, typically US$46.

Waymo is the self-driving division of Alphabet (GOOG), Google’s parent company. It’s been working on developing autonomous vehicle technology for over a decade. And over the past few years, it’s rolled out autonomous robotaxi services in Phoenix and San Francisco. Folks in those cities can hail a Waymo AV. It will take them from A to B with no human driver in the car using its AI-powered piloting system.

And San Francisco and Phoenix are just the beginning… This week, Elon Musk will reveal his NEW AI product, Robotaxi, and it promises to shock the world. Reportedly, the vehicle will be a fully self-driving car without any steering wheel or pedals. Early descriptions reveal that it’s likely to comprise a two-seat interior with a large center console. Musk says it will also have the lowest cost-per-mile of any transportation option. And supposedly, it will be accompanied by its own ride-hailing app (just like Uber), allowing customers to fetch autonomous rides in the Robotaxi at the push of a button.   

Waymo is also testing in Los Angeles. And it’s expanding to Austin and Atlanta, Georgia early next year through a partnership with Uber. After that, Waymo is expected to launch in one or two new cities almost every month. So, by the end of next year, we’re talking two dozen – maybe three dozen – cities that will have at least some Waymo capability.

And that’s just one part of the story… on the interstate, Aurora (AUR) is doing autonomous trucking. That’s happening in Texas. Aurora is autonomously hauling freight on trucks. These are loaded semi-trucks taking goods from one city to another, without a driver. An autonomous AI system is doing the work instead.

What we see unfolding is all in line with end times Bible prophecies. Daniel 700 years before Jesus Christ was told what the world would be like at the time of the end.

“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Daniel 12:4

HOW FAR OFF IS ROBOTAXI?

Posted on by

Elon Musk recently tweeted that Tesla’s robotaxi will launch on 08/08/2024. This video is from 2022. China is so far ahead of Tesla and Musk in robotaxis and EVs. China is rapidly crushing US E.V. companies. The video below reveals China’s Baidu is already operating robotaxis in Wuhan.

China’s electric vehicle companies have grown rapidly in recent years, becoming major competitors for U.S. automakers like Tesla. 

William Li, the CEO of NIO, said competition in the EV industry is “much fiercer” in China, the world’s largest market for EVs and for automobiles overall.

The fierce competition has spurred rapid development of the industry. According to Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research, about one-quarter of passenger cars sold in China last year were all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, compared with about 7% in the U.S.

“China is way ahead of the U.S. in terms of EV adoption,” said Soumen Mandal, a senior analyst for Counterpoint, based in Kolkata, India.

Faced with pressure at home, China’s EV makers are pursuing expansion abroad, especially in emerging markets. Last year, China’s exports of EVs increased 131.8% year on year to around 680,000 units, official data showed. Thanks in part to the surge in EV sales, China overtook Japan as the world’s top auto exporter in the first quarter of this year.

China’s growing EV shipments to Europe have vastly increased its share of the European market. Chinese manufacturers’ share of the Western European new EV passenger car market stood at 9.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023, an astonishing rise from 2019, when China’s share in the total European EV market only reached 0.5 percent. 

Chinese industry leader BYD — a Shenzhen-based company whose name stands for “Build Your Dreams,” which is backed by U.S. investor Warren Buffett — now rivals Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, including hybrids.

The Seagull, a subcompact hatchback BYD unveiled at the Shanghai auto show, is the cheapest EV in the world, at about $11,000, compared with $25,000 for a Toyota bZ4X and $40,000 for Tesla’s top-selling Model Y.

This article demonstrates how fast China is overtaking the U.S.A. in becoming the world’s leading superpower. Moreover, considering Taiwan’s dominance of the semi-conductor chip market and China’s dependence on microchips it is likely 2024 will see its takeover move on Taiwan. In October 2022, Biden dropped the hammer on China’s semiconductor industry by fully implementing a slew of tough controls on the export of American chip technology to China. This was a painful blow to Xi’s ambitions to rival the U.S. and only increased his need to take over Taiwan.

End times prophecies of wars and rumors of wars are playing out across the world and a possible China and Russia alliance is possible. Jesus said not to be alarmed when you see these things happening they are only the birth pangs.

No matter what wars and rumors of war are going on around us, our mission is the same, and it just so happens that the mission is what Jesus says is a reliable predictor of the end times.

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” Matthew 24:14