Tesla's Autopilot Hardware Director Zheng Gao Leaves EV Giant To Join Amazon's Zoox
Tesla's Autopilot Hardware Director Zheng Gao Leaves EV Giant To Join Amazon's Zoox
Gao, however, has yet to update his new position on Linkedin. Zheng Gao, former Director of Engineering, Autopilot Hardware and Product Design-Electronics at EV giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), has joined Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) robotaxi unit Zoox.
電動汽車巨頭特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）前工程總監Autopilot硬件和產品設計電子總監高政已加入亞馬遜公司。”s（納斯達克股票代碼：AMZN）機器人出租車部門Zoox。
What Happened: Zoox announced Gao's appointment in a post on LinkedIn. Gao will join Zoox as Director of Hardware Engineering.
發生了什麼：Zoox在LinkedIn上的一篇文章中宣佈了對高的任命。Gao將加入Zoox，擔任硬件工程總監。
"Zheng spent the past eight years of his career at Tesla, where he led autopilot hardware design. Before Tesla, Zheng spent over nine years at Apple leading the Connector and Input Device Product Design teams. With over 100 U.S. patents, Zheng is experienced in developing high-volume and high-reliability hardware," Zoox wrote in its welcome post.
“鄭在特斯拉度過了過去八年的職業生涯，在那裏他領導了自動駕駛儀的硬件設計。在加入特斯拉之前，鄭在蘋果工作了九年多，領導連接器和輸入設備產品設計團隊。Zoox在歡迎文章中寫道，Zheng擁有100多項美國專利，在開發高容量和高可靠性硬件方面經驗豐富。
Gao, however, has yet to update his new position on Linkedin.
但是，高尚未更新他在Linkedin上的新職位。
Earlier this week, Zoox also said that it has roped in Nelson Pedreiro as Senior Vice President of Hardware. Pedreiro was previously Chief engineer at Lockheed Martin.
本週早些時候，Zoox還表示已聘請納爾遜·佩德雷羅擔任硬件高級副總裁。佩德雷羅曾是洛克希德·馬丁公司的總工程師。
Musk Vs. Levinson: Late in October, Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson said that the company will launch its custom-built robotaxi with no pedals or steering wheel in San Francisco and Las Vegas in the coming weeks. The company will start taking members of the public for rides in the vehicle starting next year, he added.
馬斯克 vs.萊文森：10月下旬，Zoox聯合創始人傑西·萊文森表示，該公司將在未來幾周內在舊金山和拉斯維加斯推出不帶踏板或方向盤的定製機器人出租車。他補充說，該公司將從明年開始讓公衆乘車。
Levinson then also dismissed the possibility of Tesla deploying autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in California next year, alleging that the EV giant lacks a technology that works.
萊文森隨後還否認了特斯拉明年在加利福尼亞部署沒有安全駕駛員的自動駕駛汽車的可能性，聲稱這家電動汽車巨頭缺乏行之有效的技術。
Tesla is faced with a lot of regulatory hurdles that they haven't even started trying to climb yet, Levinson said at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 event in San Francisco. But the fundamental problem, he said, is that Tesla doesn't have a "technology that worked."
萊文森在舊金山舉行的TechCrunch Disrupt 2024年活動上說，特斯拉麪臨着許多監管障礙，他們甚至還沒有開始努力克服這些障礙。但他說，根本問題是特斯拉沒有 「行之有效的技術」。
"By works, I want to differentiate between a driver assistance system that drives most the time except when it doesn't and then you have to take over versus a system that's so reliable and robust that you don't need a person in it," Levinson said.
萊文森說：「通過工作原理，我想區分大多數時間都能行駛的駕駛輔助系統，除非它不行駛，然後你必須接管，而後者必須接管，而後者又非常可靠和強大，以至於不需要有人加入。」
Tesla CEO Elon Musk subsequently hit back at Levinson saying Zoox would have been dead if it hadn't got acquired by Amazon in 2020.
特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克隨後回擊了萊文森，稱如果沒有在2020年被亞馬遜收購，Zoox就會死亡。
Tesla's Robotaxi Plans: Tesla is looking to start a robotaxi service, placing it as a direct competitor to Zoox.
特斯拉的Robotaxi計劃：特斯拉正在尋求啓動機器人出租車服務，將其作爲Zoox的直接競爭對手。
During the company's third-quarter earnings call earlier this month, Musk said that the company expects to start a ride-hail service in Texas and California starting next year, subject to regulatory approval.
在本月早些時候的公司第三季度業績電話會議上，馬斯克表示，該公司預計將從明年開始在德克薩斯州和加利福尼亞州啓動叫車服務，但須獲得監管部門的批准。
However, the vehicles might not all operate as driverless robotaxis but with a driver as some states demand it until the company touches certain milestones in terms of miles and hours driven, the company then said.
但是，該公司隨後表示，這些車輛可能並非都以無人駕駛機器人出租車運行，而是按照一些州的要求配備駕駛員，直到該公司在里程和時數方面達到某些里程碑爲止。
However, Musk expressed confidence about the company operating driverless paid rides sometime next year.
但是，馬斯克對該公司在明年某個時候運營無人駕駛付費乘車表示了信心。
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