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Tech giant Apple is giving up on full autonomy for its upcoming car and is delaying the target launch date by a year to 2026, Bloomberg reports.
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Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous

By Victor Tangermann

Testing captured on video reveal multiple instances of a Tesla using full self-driving failing to stop for school buses and ignored school speed limits.
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Tesla Full Self-Driving Caught Ignoring Stop Signs on School Buses

By Frank Landymore

The California DMV wanted a demo of Tesla's Full Self-Driving, but the automaker resisted letting some of the DMV's advisers attend.
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Tesla Didn’t Want to Give Full Self-Driving Demo to DMV Authorities

By Frank Landymore

Secretary of the Department of Transportation Pete Buttigieg weighs in on the self-driving industries promises, and it's not flattering.
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Pete Buttigieg Says He Isn’t Sure Self-Driving Cars Are Ever Going to Make It

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at the University of Tokyo attached giant googly eyes to the front of an autonomous golf cart to see if they improve pedestrian safety.
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Scientists Propose Putting Giant Googly Eyes on Self-Driving Cars

By Victor Tangermann

With all the hype around self-driving cars, one key-but-now-disgraced pioneer of the industry says the tech is far, far from being viable.
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Godfather of Self-Driving Cars Says the Tech Is Going Nowhere

By Frank Landymore

The top machine learning researcher at Facebook is quietly building a roadmap towards an "autonomous" AI that has common sense.
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Top Facebook Scientist Quietly Plotting “Autonomous” AIs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla is being sued for misleading the public by calling its controversial driver assistance features "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving," Reuters reports.
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Drivers Sue Tesla Because Full Self-Driving Isn’t Actually Full Self-Driving

By Victor Tangermann

Following a complaint filed by the DMV calling FSD's name misleading, California lawmakers have passed a law that would force Tesla to drop the title.
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California Legislature Passes Law That Would Force Tesla to Change Name of Full Self-Driving

By Frank Landymore

Tesla is jacking up the price of its still unfinished and misleadingly named Full Self-Driving (FSD) software yet again from $12,000 to $15,000.
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Tesla’s Jacking Up the Cost of Its Unfinished Self-Driving Feature Again

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla’s "full self-driving" (FSD) may have to come to a full stop because the California DMV isn’t a fan of the feature’s misleading marketing.
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California Wants Tesla to Stop Calling Half-Finished System “Full Self-Driving”

By Frank Landymore

Tesla owner behind the Twitter account Whole Mars Blog actually chose to throw a live child in front of a moving car over the weekend to prove a point.
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Tesla Fans Put Child in Path of Moving Tesla on Self-Driving Mode

By Victor Tangermann

Andrej Karpathy, the head of Tesla's AI department, has left the company, in a high profile departure from a department that oversees the company's controversial Autopilot driving assistance feature.
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Head of Tesla’s Self-Driving Abruptly Leaves Company as Efforts Sputter

By Victor Tangermann

People in Arizona hate Waymo's autonomous self-driving vehicles so much it made one pedestrian attack a vehicle and a safety driver inside the car.
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Autonomous Vehicle Attacked by Furious Pedestrian

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a reent video YouTuber HyperChange had his own rather terrifying incident while testing out Tesla's half-baked Full Self-Driving feature.
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Terrifying Video Shows Self-Driving Tesla Head Into Oncoming Traffic

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is gutting a part of its Autopilot department, cutting around 200 jobs from its office in San Mateo, California, CNBC reports.
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Tesla Fires 200 People Working on Its Unfinished Self-Driving Tech

By Victor Tangermann

If the latest reports on social media re to be believed, Tesla may have scrapped its safety score requirements for the Full Self-Driving beta.
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Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now

By Victor Tangermann

A viral video of police officers pulling over a self-driving taxi is as dystopian as it is hilarious.
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Video Shows Confused Police Pulling Over Self-Driving Taxi

By Noor Al-Sibai

John Bernal, an ex-Tesla employee who has made several shocking videos about the company's "Full Self-Driving" Beta software, was fired in February.
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Tesla Fires Employee Who Posted Shocking YouTube Videos About Its Full Self-Driving Beta

By Victor Tangermann

US regulators have devised a set of new rules specifically targeting automated driving system (ADS) vehicles that do not feature human controls.
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US Regulators No Longer Require Fully Autonomous Vehicles to Have Human Controls

By Victor Tangermann

So much for Tesla having the most advanced self-driving technology in the world.
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Experts Alarmed by Videos of Tesla Full Self-Driving Totally Screwing Up

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla cut corners to deal with the rampant supply chain issues — putting yet another hurdle in the way to level three full-self driving cars. 
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Tesla Accused of Cutting Corner That Makes Level 3 Self-Driving Impossible

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have modified a Supra that can perform sick drifts around a racetrack — without a driver.
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The Fast and the Autonomous: Self-Driving Cars Can Drift Now

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has agreed to recall almost 54,000 of its cars because a recent "Full Self-Driving" software update allowed them to perform a "rolling stop."
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Tesla Says It’s Updating Self-Driving Cars to No Longer Break the Law

By Victor Tangermann

A Washington, DC-based lobbying group representing a number of auto industry heavyweights, is abandoning the term "self-driving,"
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Automotive Lobbying Group Abandons the Term “Self-Driving”

By Victor Tangermann

A new supercut video demonstrates that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising that Teslas will drive themselves next year — every year since 2014.
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Watch Elon Musk Promise Self-Driving Cars “Next Year” Every Year Since 2014

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous driving startup Nuro has come up with a delivery vehicle that has a giant external-facing airbag in case it ever hits a cyclist or pedestrian.
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Self-Driving Car Has Giant Airbag for When It Accidentally Plows Into Pedestrians

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla Model Y was "severely damaged" after crashing into an oncoming car while reportedly having the "Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta active.
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Tesla in “Full Self-Driving” Mode “Severely Damaged” in Crash

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla recently recalled vehicles over its disastrous Full Self-Driving software update. The timing couldn't have been worse.
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Tesla Self-Driving Update Caused Cars to Behave Dangerously

By Victor Tangermann

National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy told CNBC that Tesla isn't doing enough to keep its Full Self-Driving software safe.
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Gov Official Tears Apart Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” Feature

By Victor Tangermann

Waymo's semi-autonomous vehicles have been flocking to and getting stuck in the same dead-end San Francisco street, seemingly nonstop, for weeks.
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Dozens of Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck on Same Dead-End Street

By Dan Robitzski

Police who were struck by a Tesla that reportedly had Autopilot mode engaged are now suing the automaker for false advertising.
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Police Sue Tesla for Self-Driving Car That Injured Five Officers

By Dan Robitzski

It's been nearly five years since Musk first announced the full self driving feature and very little progress has been made on it.
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Tesla Owners Furious That Elon Musk Keeps Pushing Back Full Self-Driving

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that the new Full Self-Driving software would automatically avoid UFO debris blocking the road ahead.
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Elon Musk: Tesla Self-Driving Will Be Able to Dodge UFOs That Crash Into Roadway

By Victor Tangermann

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the next Beta of the company's Full Self-Driving beta (FSD) will "blow your mind." But is it safe?
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Elon Musk: Next Full Self-Driving Beta “Will Blow Your Mind”

By Victor Tangermann

A self-driving bus crashed into a visually-impaired paralympian at the athlete's village in Tokyo, but it may not have been the autonomous vehicle's fault.
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Self-Driving Bus Hits Pedestrian at Tokyo Olympic Village

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk downplayed how far the company had come with its Full Self-Driving software suite, noting the next beta is better.
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Elon Musk Admits That Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Is “Not Great”

By Victor Tangermann

Lyft and the autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI plan to launch a small fleet of self-driving cars in Miami later this year.
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Lyft Says It’ll Deploy Self-Driving Cars by the End of the Year

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla is now offering its Full Self-Driving subscription, a semi-autnomous driving feature, for a cool $199 a month, a substantial amount of money.
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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Costs as Much Per Month as Leasing an Entire Car

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is rolling out the "Full Self-Driving" v9 beta update. Elon Musk is warning drivers not to put too much faith in it and to "be paranoid."
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Elon Musk Warns Drivers Not To Trust New “Full Self-Driving” Update

By Dan Robitzski

After once again delaying the launch of the next Tesla Full Self-Driving beta, Elon Musk said he was surprised by how hard making autonomous cars can be.
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Elon Musk Says He’s Surprised to Discover That Self-Driving Cars Are Difficult

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla just showed off its massive new supercomputer — and according to their numbers, it may just be the fifth most powerful one in the world, according to Electrek.
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Tesla Built One of the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputers to Train Its Self-Driving System

By Victor Tangermann

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to build a car meant to allow astronauts to travel across the surface of the Moon.
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General Motors Is Working on a Self-Driving Electric Car for Moon Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous Taxi Goes Rogue, Escapes From Rescue Crew
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Autonomous Taxi Goes Rogue, Escapes From Rescue Crew

By Tony Ho Tran

Remorseless Man Brags About Abusing Tesla Self-Driving Features
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Remorseless Man Brags About Abusing Tesla Self-Driving Features

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk contemplates the difficulties of rolling out self-driving car technologies. Perhaps humans are to blame?
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Elon Musk: Self-Driving Cars Are Hard Because of Flawed Human Drivers

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla Model S crashed into a tree and burst into flames on Saturday evening — but investigators of the wreck found nobody in the driver's seat.
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Two Die in Fiery Tesla Wreck, Seemingly in Self-Driving Mode

By Victor Tangermann

Pizza giant Domino's is partnering with robotics company Nuro to bring autonomous robot pizza deliveries to Houston, Texas.
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Domino’s Starts Autonomous Robot Pizza Deliveries

By Victor Tangermann

For some reason, people love to vandalize Google offshoot Waymo's self-driving vehicles, especially by throwing eggs and ice cream.
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People Are Throwing Eggs at Google’s Self-Driving Vans

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla recently unrolled its autopilot beta to more users and the results are... well, incredibly dangerous, life-threatening, and scary.
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Tesla’s “Fully Self Driving” Beta Would Fail A Driver’s License Test

By Tony Ho Tran

Terrifying video footage shows a Tesla Model Y, with its self-driving system engaged, start to drift into multiple lanes of oncoming traffic.
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Watch Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Mode Steer Toward Oncoming Highway Traffic

By Dan Robitzski

Should pedestrians wear radar-reflecting devices that make them ultra-visible to self-driving vehicles' sensors -- or is that too much to ask?
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Scientists: Pedestrians Could Wear Devices to Protect Themselves From Self-Driving Cars

By Jon Christian

Waymo's CEO didn't pull punches about Tesla's attempts at self-driving technology, saying he didn't even see Tesla as a competitor.
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Waymo CEO Blasts Tesla’s Self-Driving Tech

By Dan Robitzski

General Motors has shown off two truly wild-looking autonomous vehicle and flying car concepts under the Cadillac brand at this year's CES.
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This Is Cadillac’s Wild Flying Car Concept

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent statement, South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is in early-stage talks with tech titan Apple to develop an electric car.
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Apple Is Trying to Find a Manufacturer For Its Self-Driving Car

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released in 2024.
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Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024

By Victor Tangermann

While digging through the code of their Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature, this hacker found an augmented reality view of everything the vehicle sees.
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Tesla Full Self-Driving Code Contains Secret “Augmented Reality View”

By Victor Tangermann

Honda just became the first automaker to be awarded clearance to sell Level 3 autonomous vehicles, which it plans to do in Japan this year.
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Honda Cleared to Begin Selling First Level 3 Autonomous Cars

By Dan Robitzski

A self-driving race car had a terrible start during the first-ever live broadcast of Roborace, an autonomous race car competition.
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Self-Driving Racecar Hits Accelerator, Immediately Crashes Into Wall

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just announced on Twitter that the electric car company's Full Self-Driving Beta update is officially being rolled out.
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Tesla Officially Starts Rollout of Full Self-Driving Beta

By Victor Tangermann

After Tesla began rolling out an assistive driving system it calls "Full Self-Driving," federal regulators have started to keep close watch.
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Federal Regulators Are Keeping a Close Watch on Tesla’s “Self-Driving” Beta Test

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla owners are freaked out by the new Full Self-Driving beta, which allows it to basically drive itself anywhere, including turns and traffic lights.
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Tesla Bros Are Freaking Out Right Now About the New Full Self-Driving Beta

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is releasing a "Full Self-Driving Beta" to some owners who are "expert and careful drivers" some time next week, according to CEO Elon Musk.
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Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week

By Victor Tangermann

Israeli security researchers have figured out how to trick self-driving cars into slamming on the brakes by flicking an image of a stop sign on a billboard.
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Hackers Use Billboards to Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Slamming on the Brakes

By Jon Christian