Now Motional states it is “fully driverless” with zero proof

Motional release — https://motional.com/news/motional-and-lyft-to-launch-fully-driverless-ride-hail-service-in-las-vegas-in-2023-will-mark-first-city-in-multimarket-deployment?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=alwayson

First Waymo, then Cruise and now Motional announce they are fully driverless with zero meaningful proof or even stating if they are even as good as a human. To include crash and edge cases.

When these folks proclaim support for the draft EU AV Type Certification or even improve on its shortcomings and release the data, they can be believed.

And how’s that Cruise “driverless” declaration working out? 60 cars freeze due to the loss of a remote connection and a whistleblower files a complaint with the state of California stating the systems are not safe nor driverless.

Below are a couple articles that explain my POV in more detail.

Cruise is remote vs “driverless”, has a whistleblower, is experiencing crashes and is losing huge sums of money — They are the tip of the iceberg

· https://imispgh.medium.com/cruise-is-remote-vs-driverless-has-a-whistleblower-is-experiencing-crashes-and-is-losing-huge-b07ff8f76b57

The Autonomous Vehicle Industry can be Saved by doing the Opposite of what is being done now to create this technology

· https://medium.com/@imispgh/the-autonomous-vehicle-industry-can-be-saved-by-doing-the-opposite-of-what-is-being-done-now-b4e5c6ae9237

Cruise, like Waymo, now says they are driverless with no proof, nor any comment on Waymo’s CA DMV lawsuit to avoid providing safety data

· https://imispgh.medium.com/cruise-like-waymo-now-says-they-are-driverless-with-no-proof-nor-any-comment-on-waymos-ca-dmv-319b4450edad

The EU proposes a driverless driver’s test that is pretty good — Waymo, Cruise, Gatik etc would fail it

· https://imispgh.medium.com/the-eu-proposes-a-driverless-drivers-test-that-is-pretty-good-waymo-cruise-gatik-etc-would-27e692e8ea7e

Waymo and Cruise should prove their systems are legitimately L4

· https://imispgh.medium.com/waymo-and-cruise-should-prove-their-systems-are-legitimately-l4-79a094be061

Autonomous Vehicle Industry’s Self-Inflicted and Avoidable Collapse — Ongoing Update

· https://imispgh.medium.com/autonomous-vehicle-industrys-self-inflicted-and-avoidable-collapse-ongoing-update-c21d9e65cc35

How the failed Iranian hostage rescue in 1980 can save the Autonomous Vehicle industry

• https://imispgh.medium.com/how-the-failed-iranian-hostage-rescue-in-1980-can-save-the-autonomous-vehicle-industry-be76238dea36

My name is Michael DeKort — I am Navy veteran (ASW C4ISR) and a former system engineer, engineering, and program manager for Lockheed Martin. I worked in aircraft simulation, the software engineering manager for all of NORAD, a software project manager on an Aegis Weapon System baseline, and a C4ISR systems engineer for DoD/DHS and the US State Department (counterterrorism). And a Senior Advisory Technical Project Manager for FTI to the Army AI Task Force at CMU NREC (National Robotics Engineering Center)

Autonomous Industry Participation — Air and Ground

- Founder SAE On-Road Autonomous Driving Simulation Task Force

- Member SAE ORAD Verification and Validation Task Force

- Member UNECE WP.29 SG2 Virtual Testing

- Stakeholder USDOT VOICES (Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety)

- Member SAE G-35, Modeling, Simulation, Training for Emerging AV Tech

- Member SAE G-34 / EUROCAE WG-114 Artificial Intelligence in Aviation

- Member Teleoperation Consortium

- Member CIVATAglobal — Civic Air Transport Association

- Stakeholder for UL4600 — Creating AV Safety Guidelines

- Member of the IEEE Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems Policy Committee

SAE Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazine editor calling me “prescient” regarding my position on Tesla and the overall driverless vehicle industry’s untenable development and testing approach — (Page 2) https://assets.techbriefs.com/EML/2021/digital_editions/ave/AVE-202109.pdf

Presented the IEEE Barus Ethics Award for Post 9/11 DoD/DHS Whistleblowing Efforts