Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla
Nvidia's head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla
Every six months or so, Nvidia’s head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, invites CEO Jensen Huang to go for a ride in a vehicle equipped with the company’s hands-free autonomous driving system. But only when Wu has “good confidence” in the system’s driving capabilities.
Recently, the two went for a drive from Woodside, California, to downtown San Francisco in a Mercedes CLA sedan with MB.Drive Assist Pro, a hands-free driver-assist system partly designed by Nvidia that’s similar to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving. The mood was light, even if the traffic was pretty heavy.
“Let me know when you’re in autonomous mode,” Huang said to Wu, according to a vid …