Controversial ex-Uber engineer claims to have completed a coast-to-coast self-driving trip

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Author: Andrew J. Hawkins

Anthony Levandowski, the infamous self-driving car engineer whose shenanigans helped spur a multimillion-dollar lawsuit between Waymo and Uber, is back with a new project. According to The Guardian, Levandowski designed a camera-based advanced driver assist system (ADAS) called Co-Pilot, which is aimed at the long-haul trucking industry. And to help sell his new product, Levandowski took it for a test drive: a 3,000-mile journey from San Francisco to New York without any human intervention.

The coast-to-coast self-driving trip has long been held up as the ultimate demonstration of this emerging technology. Elon Musk repeatedly promised to deliver an autonomous cross-country trip, only to delay it again and again. If Levandowski actually...

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That is a great achievement. I know self-driving cars will have a huge impact on the economy and the level of unemployment, but this is only during the first phase. There are enough studies proving that every technological evolution that leads to people losing their jobs actually creates 2,5 times more job positions in the long run. People will have to adjust and re-orientate. It is different in Europe. They rely too much on their highly developed railways, and countries like Germany won’t change their db auskunft for self-driving trucks in the near future.