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| Author: | StuartW [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 2021 |
Addison Lee to launch self-driving taxis in London by 2021 https://www.itv.com/news/2018-10-21/add ... n-by-2021/ Addison Lee has unveiled plans to launch self-driving taxis in London by 2021 as it joins the autonomous vehicle road race. The firm has formed a strategic alliance with ground transportation business Oxbotica, which specialises in self-driving vehicle software. Together, the duo will create digital maps of more than 250,000 miles of public roads in and around the capital, pinpointing the position of every kerb, road sign, landmark and traffic light in preparation for the deployment of autonomous cars. Addison boss Andy Boland said: “Urban transport will change beyond recognition in the next 10 years with the introduction of self-driving services, and we intend to be at the very forefront of this change by acting now. “Autonomous technology holds the key to many of the challenges we face in transport. By providing ride-sharing services, we can help address congestion, free space used for parking and improve urban air quality through zero-emission vehicles.” Addison Lee’s long term aim is to take a slice of the expanding car services market for connected autonomous vehicle technology, which is forecast to be worth £28 billion in the UK by 2035. Chancellor Philip Hammond has thrown his weight behind autonomous cars, saying that he wants “genuine driverless vehicles” on Britain’s roads, also by 2021. To this end, the Government has tasked the Law Commission with carrying out a detailed review of driving laws to ensure the UK is at the forefront of the sector. Addison rival Uber and several other firms are also gearing up to roll out driverless cars, pending safety and regulatory permissions. But the news comes at a challenging time for Addison Lee, which swung to a loss last year after it was stung by investment and acquisition costs. The group posted a pre-tax loss of £20.8 million in the year to August 2017, compared to a profit of £10.5 million the year before. Addison put the fall down to “intense long-term investment”, acquisition integration and reorganisation, which culminated in £18.6 million of exceptional costs. The taxi firm has been looking to keep pace with the astronomical rise of Uber, which has radically shaken up the industry with its ride-hailing smartphone app. As part of these efforts, Addison has expanded rapidly into the US, snapping up rival Flyte Tyme as well as boosting its global footprint by buying Tristar Worldwide, which has operations in 80 countries. Addison Lee, which is owned by US private equity firm Carlyle Group, was founded in Battersea in 1975 and has grown to become Europe’s largest private hire car service company, carrying out 10 million journeys per year. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
wonder where this fits with the story Sussex posted ? viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33421 |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
Whats the fecking big hurry to bring in Driverless PHVs, Taxis, Cars, Trucks and busses, It'll end up turning tax paying drivers into unemployed benefits recipients.....We should be Protecting these Jobs and not encouraging them to become redundant, there will be no winners only losers, losers who can't afford the Autonomous Taxis or anything else for that matter. It's not as if there is any alternative employment to replace the jobs we lose on this incessant march towards automisation, all it'll do is create millions of unemployed braindead zombies with no money, no hope and no future, the Governments lost the plot if they think this is the way we want to go. |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
Quote: “Autonomous technology holds the key to many of the challenges we face in transport. By providing ride-sharing services, we can help address congestion, free space used for parking and improve urban air quality through zero-emission vehicles.” Utter self serving piffle, theres nothing in their above bit of idealistic waffle that could not be acheived by non autononmous vehicles. The City will become a ghost town courtesy of Automisation, City Workers working from home thanks to the internet, Shoppers shopping from home from huge automated online distribution centres where goods are stored and picked by a machine and delivered by a self driving vehicle, these goods manufactured by machines which were made by other machines, kids being taught at home via the internet and by AI teachers using computer generated graphics. If we are not carefull the machines will reach a level where they no longer depend on we humans to replicate them, they'll attain a point where they'll think "why the hell are we working for humans we don't need" we'll be of no worth to them, their artificial intelligence will be vastly superior to hours, and it'll evolve at lighning speed, they'll possibly work as a trillion seperate machines operating as part of one giant collective brain which can't be destroyed as a small part of it is implanted in every AI machine to ensure it will live on forever, time will mean nothing to such macines and nor will life or death. They'll can create weapons that will make modern man made weapons look like clubs by comparison. I suggest we pull the Plug on these clever machines before an even more clever machine pulls the plug on us. So Addison Lee, Uber Google and all.....be careful what you wish for as the future is theirs and not yours. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
Quote: The City will become a ghost town courtesy of Automisation, City Workers working from home thanks to the internet, Shoppers shopping from home from huge automated online distribution centres where goods are stored and picked by a machine and delivered by a self driving vehicle, these goods manufactured by machines which were made by other machines, kids being taught at home via the internet and by AI teachers using computer generated graphics. maybe 150 to 200 years from now technology is nowhere near that level at the moment And as for self driving cars 1) AL can't compete with the big boys as it costs billions in R & D even to achieve something that is flawed 2) they overestimate how many passengers will feel safe in a driverless car 3) If the main manufacturers like BMW,Toyota or the chinese perfect the technology taxis/ph will be obsolete anyway other than for tourists as most people will summon their own vehicles to drive them home after a night out |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
captain cab wrote: wonder where this fits with the story Sussex posted ? http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtop ... =2&t=33421 They are doing exactly what Uber does. Mug off investors with the promise of the untold wealth to be had by driver-less taxis. Uber do it every time that want fresh investment, so AL have just copied them. |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
edders23 wrote: Quote: The City will become a ghost town courtesy of Automisation, City Workers working from home thanks to the internet, Shoppers shopping from home from huge automated online distribution centres where goods are stored and picked by a machine and delivered by a self driving vehicle, these goods manufactured by machines which were made by other machines, kids being taught at home via the internet and by AI teachers using computer generated graphics. maybe 150 to 200 years from now technology is nowhere near that level at the moment And as for self driving cars 1) AL can't compete with the big boys as it costs billions in R & D even to achieve something that is flawed 2) they overestimate how many passengers will feel safe in a driverless car 3) If the main manufacturers like BMW,Toyota or the chinese perfect the technology taxis/ph will be obsolete anyway other than for tourists as most people will summon their own vehicles to drive them home after a night out AI Technology is advancing at an ever faster pace and it'll get faster still once the AI starts to develop itself. Most People will not be able to afford such a car. |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
Quote: To this end, the Government has tasked the Law Commission with carrying out a detailed review of driving laws to ensure the UK is at the forefront of the sector. April Fool's Day gets earlier every year. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Addison Lee to launch self-driving cabs in London by 202 |
StuartW wrote: Quote: To this end, the Government has tasked the Law Commission with carrying out a detailed review of driving laws to ensure the UK is at the forefront of the sector. April Fool's Day gets earlier every year. they'll pay for the report and then bury it like they always do |
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