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# Hi car.. I'm ready for you now
Self-driving vehicles are an increasingly popular topic of conversation, but in the year 2021, the implementation of these technologies feels like a mirage. It's as if the more progress we make in developing the hardware & software, the further we are from ubiquity. 

Billions of dollars have been spent on trying to automate the way we drive, but companies are still struggling with the complexities that come along with developing the requisite technologies. In the way are barriers like machine learning systems' ability to react to the unpredictable, high cost of production, safety, and energy efficiency. 

Until now...

# Faction
[Faction](https://www.factionmoto.com/) is blazing the trail for self-driving vehicles by tackling each challenge with an innovative solution.

Faction can launch their driverless vehicles with just a handful of people in a garage, including building, testing, and implementing. Why? Because the infrastructure layer of the self-driving industry has largely been built out. Faction utilizes these "plug and play" platforms to enable their full-stack driverless capabilities, thus speeding up the product development process. 

Faction is also able to deploy more quickly because they avoid more traditional and expensive automobile form factors. Instead, the company is building from the ground up, utilizing a smaller three-wheeled motorcycle grade vehicle. This enables them to reduce overall costs and speed up development time, all while introducing a vehicle with dramatically increased energy efficiency. 

# Hitting the streets
Faction is quicker to the market and the streets, because of their three-step approach, or "master plan", for creating the driverless operating system of the future. 

The first step is micro-logistics, utilizing their driverless systems as a 
courier. Their vehicles support loads less than 400lbs between two defined 
points. Phase two is moving people around. Faction will use their driverless systems to get vehicles to users, who will then drive the vehicles 
themselves. Phase three is Faction’s long-term vision; to make 
available and provide their core technologies so that anyone can go driverless.  

Faction’s vision is to bring driverless vehicles to public roads for all to 
experience. They are accomplishing this by maintaining a tight production timeline, efficient vehicle design, quality hardware and software architecture, an innovative market plan, and an insanely talented team.

# No brilliant jerks
Faction is looking to grow their team. If there is one phrase that could best describe them, it would be "No Egos". They work together as a team and are all aligned on their mission to improve the future of mobility. They come from places like Netflix, Apple and Starsky Robotics, and are looking for all levels of engineers to work on this exciting and cutting-edge technology. 


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Talyn is looking to expand the team in pursuit of a vision to reshape aerial transportation. We are developing long-range electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passengers and cargo. While there are many other companies in this space, they have a maximum achievable battery electric range of sub 100 miles. Talyn can achieve at least 3X the range at over 300 miles, using the same battery tech, and can fly at meaningfully fast cruise speeds. We achieve this by using our staged aircraft architecture which includes a very efficient electric fixed wing aircraft that can be released and caught mid-air with our separable VTOL vehicle. An animation of the system can be seen at www.talyn.com.

### SpaceX in the DNA

Talyn is doing something incredibly novel and hard. The founders met at SpaceX while working on the Falcon 9 Rocket, and have carried on the ethos of making the impossible.. possible. While many in the eVTOL space are designing vehicles to cover distances of about 50-60 miles, Talyn has set their sights on much longer trips. This is possible because of staging. Similar in philosophy to the Falcon 9, the VTOL vehicle separates from the long range cruise aircraft after take-off, just as the first stage rocket separates and returns to earth after launch. The VTOL vehicle, performing a vertical function similar to a helicopter, operates as a ferry of sorts, carrying the cruise vehicle upward from a take-off pad. The two vehicles separate, with the VTOL returning to the pad, and the electric aircraft detaching and transitioning to forward flight.

### Culture of Rapid Prototyping

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### Ownership, Autonomy & Impact

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