GM’s robotaxis are only coming out after dark
Washington, DC (CNN)Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, started offering robotaxi rides this week in San Francisco....
Read MoreTesla Full Self-Driving Beta runs into a pole in what could be the first FSD accident caught on video
A Tesla vehicle using Full Self-Driving Beta has been caught on video running into a pole in what could be the first accident on the FSD...
Read MoreAudi’s top lawyer says don’t expect to be sleeping while your autonomous car drives you
There’s a lot of talk about autonomous vehicles and the freedoms they will supposedly allow but at this point, it’s still hard to see with...
Read MoreThis is not a self-driving car
The way we talk about cars and driving is changing — faster than most people can really keep up. Which is why we need to be periodically...
Read MoreAudi and Aptiv invest $285 million in ‘orchestral director’ for self-driving car data
An automotive software firm little known outside the industry has raised $285 million in fresh funds to help realize carmakers’ ambitions...
Read MoreLevel 4 platform built into fleet of Toyota Sienna robotaxis
Robotaxis—self-driving taxi services operated by ridesharing companies—are on their way to becoming a major mobility solution. Robotaxi...
Read MoreToyota Research Institute programs the world’s first car that can ‘autonomously drift’ around obstacles to avoid accidents
Could the act of drifting in a vehicle help prevent accidents? One day its might be possible, so engineers at the Toyota Research...
Read MoreCruise, loaded with another $1.35B from SoftBank, opens up driverless ride-hailing to the public
Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization...
Read MoreTesla to recall FSD Beta software that lets drivers slowly roll past stop signs
Tesla will recall software from 53,822 of its Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles in the U.S. to eliminate a feature that let cars automatically...
Read MoreExploring those ethical AI forebodings about veritable societal imprisonment via modern day autonomous mobilized panopticons courtesy of AI-based self-driving cars
You are being watched. Maybe, maybe not. Let’s unpack that. Assume that you are comfortably sitting in the sanctity of your private...
Read MoreThe grain of truth in the critique of Musk, Tesla and Full Self Driving (FSD)
The internet erupted last week following the publication of a full-page ad in the New York Times asserting “Don’t be a Tesla Crash Test...
Read MoreAlibaba-backed AutoX operates largest robotaxi service area in China
Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s autonomous driving company, AutoX, expands its RoboTaxi operation area to 1,000 square kilometers in Shenzhen,...
Read MoreWill the $25,000 Tesla ever really happen?
The big news from Tesla’s Battery Day in 2020 was the somewhat nonchalant announcement that the company would be making a $25,000 car with...
Read MoreWill Nvidia’s software power self-driving cars?
Start-up automobile companies that want to develop self-driving technology often struggle with a lack of real-word data. In this Backstage...
Read MoreGM CEO Mary Barra takes first autonomous car ride with Cruise: ‘It’s just surreal’
“It’s just surreal,” General Motors CEO Mary Barra says while testing one of the company’s driverless cars in San Francisco, calling it a...
Read MoreMajor legal changes needed for driverless car era
Human drivers should not be legally accountable for road safety in the era of autonomous cars, a report says. In these cars, the driver...
Read MorePony.ai debuts 6th generation autonomous driving system
On Thursday, Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai revealed its sixth generation autonomous driving system. The system features...
Read MoreBaidu’s automobile manufacturing arm JiDU unveils logo for robot car
On Tuesday, Baidu’s automobile division, JiDU Auto, officially unveiled the logo for its robot car, marking the beginning of a new...
Read MoreNew York Times ad warns against Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving”
A full page advertisement in Sunday’s New York Times took aim at Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, calling it “the worst software ever...
Read MoreMy rides in a fully driverless Waymo
While in Arizona to visit family over the holidays, I drove out to the suburbs southeast of Phoenix to hail a ride in one of Waymo’s...
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