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Tesla's Robotaxis have a small problem — they sometimes refuse to drive themselves, requiring their human safety monitors to do it for them.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Video Shows Tesla Robotaxi Safety Driver Giving Up, Climbing Into Driver’s Seat

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's head of autopilot and AI software admitted in an interview that full self-driving is still a "couple of years" away.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Executive Admits That Self-Driving Is Going Nowhere Fast

By Joe Wilkins

In San Francisco, a new viral video shows that Waymo's robotaxis are once again causing way-mo problems than expected.
Advanced Transport

Group of Waymos Get Confused, Clog Up San Francisco Street

By Noor Al-Sibai

Uber drivers are anxiously awaiting a future in which robotaxis could make their jobs obsolete, as The Register reports.
Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Say They’re Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis

By Victor Tangermann

A video shared by Indian startup Swaayatt Robots shows an adventurous self-driving SUV navigating the hectic streets of Bhopal, India.
Self-Driving Vehicles

To Experience Pure Anxiety, Watch This Video of a Self-Driving Car Navigating India’s Chaotic Traffic

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.
Self-Driving Vehicles

US Regulators No Longer Require Fully Autonomous Vehicles to Have Human Controls

By Victor Tangermann

Should pedestrians wear radar-reflecting devices that make them ultra-visible to self-driving vehicles' sensors -- or is that too much to ask?
Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists: Pedestrians Could Wear Devices to Protect Themselves From Self-Driving Cars

By Jon Christian

Driverless delivery vehicle startup Neolix is raking in new customers as cities in China are under full lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Adorable Self-Driving Vans Are Disinfecting Roads in China

By Victor Tangermann

Wall Street is not buying Elon Musk's assertion that Tesla will have a million autonomous robotaxis on the road by the end of 2020.
Tesla

Experts: Tesla’s Plans to Launch a Robotaxi Network Are Nonsense

By Kristin Houser

The AI models that allow self-driving cars to detect objects are less accurate when tested on images of pedestrians with darker skin tones.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars May Hit People With Darker Skin More Often

By Kristin Houser

People Are Road Raging At Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars
Self-Driving Vehicles

People Are Road Raging At Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk admitted he tried to get a license to Mario Kart for every Tesla car. But Nintendo didn't play ball.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tried to Bring “Mario Kart” to Your Tesla Model 3

By Victor Tangermann

Self-Driving Vehicles

People Would Rather a Self-Driving Car Kill a Criminal Than a Dog

By Kristin Houser

IKEA’s Got Some Strange, Beautiful Ideas About What AVs Might Look Like
Advanced Transport

IKEA’s Got Some Strange, Beautiful Ideas About What AVs Might Look Like

By Jon Christian

Waymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves
Artificial Intelligence

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves

By Kristin Houser