The first AGL-based Toyota infotainment system will debut on the 2018 Toyota Camry in the U.S. late this summer, and it will roll out to most Toyota and Lexus vehicles in North America.

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Does everyone realize how fast this is? 2018 is basically today in car-years. Amazing accomplishment by a relatively small and diverse group of suppliers. The AGL development team in the open is notably smaller than normally assigned in an IVI project, and results came FASTER. Great work!

Engineering teams from the two companies are already developing sophisticated software on NVIDIA’s high-performance AI platform that will enhance the capabilities of Toyota vehicles

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An unimaginable amount of software will be needed to put production autonomous cars on real roads. It is a good thing for all technology companies to contribute to the effort since automakers like Toyota are determined to make driving safer through automation. Industry collaboration is a key to meet the scale of effort needed.

In the Smart City you won’t allow any driven cars. You will park and use your credit card to hire an autonomous vehicle which will run along dedicated tracks.
One advantage of this is that there will be no need for precise digital road mapping and another advantage is that, as Kure puts it “when you’re hit on the train track it’s your fault not the train’s fault.”

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By far the most sensible explanation of how autonomous cars will save lives and money – there will be no pedestrians and no drivers to worry about hitting.