Toyota’s e-Palette hits a blind Paralympian: is ‘semi-automation’ to blame?
Toyota’s e-Palette hits a blind Paralympian: is ‘semi-automation’ to blame? The Toyota e-Palette is the latest posterchild for AV haters What exactly happened? While Toyota claims the accident happened during manual control, the company has suspended the use of all e-Palette self-driving pods. In aYouTube video, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda explained that the vehicle was under manual control at the time of the accident. The driver used the control joystick to stop at a T junction and then — when attempting to turn — hit the athlete going at around 1 or 2 kilometers an hour....