Tomorrow, I’m looking forward to going to Los Angeles for CoMotion LA, an annual event and expo in downtown LA that explores the future of mobility and brings together the public and private sectors. And as I’m getting ready to fly out, I wanted to share with you
Toyota’s recent announcement to halt the deployment of 802.11p (DSRC or ITS-G5) vehicle-to-vehicle technology in new cars may come as a surprise to some.
The roads around us are constantly changing. In the past, our ability to see everything on the road in real time was limited. At Nexar, we have decided to change that. We are excited to announce the pre-launch our first API, Lights, as part of a new data platform. Lights
A bridge to our autonomous driving future We’ve talked in previous posts about the challenges autonomous vehicles (AVs) could bring or worsen — traffic [https://blog.getnexar.com/traffic-wont-go-away-with-autonomous-cars-d136f22288a8] , time to market [https://blog.getnexar.com/buckle-up-transportation-will-completely-change-in-40-years-c75c5e46845c] , and ridesharing [https://blog.getnexar.com/ridesharing-and-carsharing-is-a-sideshow-54a253d58100] . However, they’re without a doubt
First post in a five-part series about how transportation will evolve as an ecosystem It will take 40 years for autonomous vehicles to replace human drivers across the world. Despite the hype and Tesla’s best efforts, it will not take 20 or 10 years, and definitely not 5. A
In January we saw jaywalkers and jay-bikers, falling telephone poles and strange skateboarding. Take a look at some of the craziest moments shared by our users. Each month, we give you the videos captured by Nexar’s users that created the biggest reactions in the community. Some are just for
This Month our users recorded a range of activity: From a motorcycle collision, to a case of road rage that turns violent, take a look below for November’s craziest moments. Each month, we post a select few videos captured by Nexar’s users on the road. We briefly discuss
I often get asked the questions “why are you building a dashcam network?”, “How do you intend to fulfill your vision of zero road fatalities?”, “What is so smart about dashcams anyway?” Enough with the questions, it’s time for answers. Eran Shir and myself founded Nexar in 2015 to
What is Nexar? Nexar’s mission is to eliminate road collisions world-wide by alerting drivers to dangers ahead in real-time. When people pair a Nexar-powered smart dash cam [http://buy.getnexar.com/] with the Nexar app, they join Nexar’s connected vehicle network, where every vehicle is learning in real-time
The Nexar Mobility Network has the potential to become a key component of the world’s present and future, making transport and mobility both safer and more efficient. This network will become an essential part of our lives and will provide the same level of welfare we see in other
We are now full steam ahead at building the world’s largest, AI-powered, safe driving network. am thrilled to announce that we have closed a $30 million round of funding. Ibex Investors led the round with participation from Alibaba Innovation Ventures, US-based Nationwide Insurance and our previous investors Aleph, Mosaic
Traffic in Beijing. Fu Ding / For China DailyWe all feel it — traffic is getting worse and worse. Congestion periods have slowly expanded beyond commute times and become an all-day phenomenon. Our commute gets longer and longer with every passing year. In previous posts, we discussed how long it’ll take
We’re only human, right!? It’s a fact that 95% of car collisions are caused by human error. The autonomous vehicle has been heralded as the future road-messiah that will take the wheel and save us from self-inflicted pain and loss. However, it’s important to remember that it
We challenged researchers with teaching deep networks to identify traffic lights, and now they share what they learned in the process. Read on for their insights and a look at their open-source models. Deep learning plays a key role in the race to autonomous vehicles and we wanted to open
Today marks a new phase for Nexar, as we’re opening the world’s first realtime vehicle network. Starting today, all Nexar users are not driving alone anymore, but rather, are part of a massive sensor network, that detects and tracks everything that’s happening on the road, to predict
Here’s what we learned after 8 million miles. After launching Nexar on the App Store 6 months ago, we saw larger adoption than expected. Drivers everywhere are eager to have for more pertinent information that makes their driving safer, and more protection in case of a crash. In the
We at Nexar have been watching closely the talk of a massive infrastructure reform package coming out of Washington DC. To say it doesn’t look like we’re getting that deal anytime soon would be…an understatement. There’s no doubt that America’s roads, bridges, airports, telecom networks,
At Nexar, we invest a lot of time in learning about the world’s roads, driver behavior and what happens on the road on a daily basis. That’s because we are building a safe driving network and understanding our roads is an important step in creating a reality with no car collisions.
Autonomous Vehicles Require a New City Model Over the course of the last several weeks we’ve talked about the many effects and even needs of autonomous vehicles as we work towards a future filled with them. We’ve debated whether people will buy fewer or exponentially more cars with
We’re all hearing and now talking about the inevitability of us ditching car ownership in the future. It’s coming from all sides. > “Uber will take over the world (as long as they can get out of their own way)”. “No one will own a car anymore”. “Millennials
Why the race for data ownership is the new driving force of the automotive industry. Yesterday Intel & Mobileye announced that Mobileye will be acquired by Intel for over $15B, an announcement that made waves, given its sheer size and importance, not just for the Israeli tech ecosystem, where Intel
This time we have dancing cops, pileups, and some insane road rage. Here are our last top moments for 2016 Each month, we present the videos captured by Nexar’s users that generated the most community buzz. Some are just for fun, while others present serious safety concerns. In the
Use Deep Learning for Traffic Light Recognition, compete to win prizes and join our mission to make the road safer Nexar [https://www.getnexar.com/] is building the first over-the-top vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network app that turns smartphones into connected AI dashcams. Leveraging millions of crowdsourced road miles from dozens of
We started Nexar because we believe in several things that few people do. We believe that you don’t have to wait for self driving cars to put a real dent in the 1.3M annual road fatalities. In fact, we believe all of the technology needed to stop most