05.04.2023 | Software release

The latest software release has rolled out to the driverless fleet, containing improvements in these areas:

• Shipped TSEL v15.2 with multiple improvements:

  • Improved driving behavior by 20% for higher speed roads, particularly during right turns and in intersections, yielding and asserting smoothly at speed.

  • Improved driving around double parked vehicles by 12.5% and turns onto arterial roads by 22%.

  • Increased reliability when pulling out of traffic and back into traffic to pick up and drop off riders.

  • Improved overall steering comfort by 5%.

• Shipped DLA v4, and KSE v14 which combined with LPC v7 further refines the detection and tracking of debris and animals by up to 50%, enabling the AV to more safely and smoothly drive around these objects.

• Shipped TREX v3 to improve lateral positioning by ~2X*, making AV driving more human-like.

• Further reduced trip interruptions through improved software stability, fault tolerance and additional fault recovery capabilities.

Statistics measuring the percentage of improvement are based on internal benchmarks and metrics.