"The most advanced vehicle technologies available for purchase today provide driver assistance and require a fully attentive human driver at all times performing the driving task and monitoring the surrounding environment."

Federal regulators are keeping a close watch on Tesla's "Self-Driving" beta test

Here Goes...

After Tesla began rolling out an assistive driving system it calls "Full Self-Driving," federal regulators have started to keep close watch.

Federal Regulators Are Keeping a Close Watch on Tesla’s “Self-Driving” Beta Test

"As we have stated consistently, no vehicle available for purchase today is capable of driving itself."

Watch a Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Drive an Hour Continuously

The car repeatedly accelerates into an intersection while other vehicles are crossing.

Videos of GM's driverless cars show several near-crashes

Ride The Brakes

Video footage of GM's driverless cars shows some troubling behavior as well as multiple near-accidents on public streets.

Videos of GM’s Driverless Cars Show Several Near-Crashes

They're months old, but it's troubling to see this on public streets.

"Before the end of the year, we'll be sending cars out onto the streets of SF."

CA says General Motors can test fully driverless cars on its roads

Runaway Car

Cruise just got permission from the California DMV to test out fully-driverless cars in the state, and it plans to be the first to test in San Francisco.

CA Says General Motors Can Test Fully Driverless Cars on Its Roads

It's going to test a fully driverless car on the streets of San Francisco. 

Waymo One is opening to the public — and won't have anyone behind the wheel.

Waymo ditches human safety drivers in its self-driving taxis

Empty Seat

The autonomous vehicle company Waymo just announced that its self-driving taxi service Waymo One is opening up to the public.

Waymo Ditches Human Safety Drivers in Its Self-Driving Taxis

"As of yesterday, we've returned with 100% fully driverless for the near term."

The autonomous vehicle industry is stuck in place without human drivers.

Self-driving car company lays off all human safety drivers

Slamming Brakes

Zoox just laid off all of the contractors it had working as safety drivers for its self-driving cars because of California's shelter-in-place rule.

Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers

High-tech automation meets coronavirus-related layoffs.

GM is confident in its tech, but it wouldn't be the first time a self-driving car company overpromised.

General Motors wants self-driving cars to lose the steering wheel

Re-inventing Trains

General Motors is lobbying the federal government for permission to test on public roads self-driving cars that don't have steering wheels.

General Motors: Self-Driving Cars Without Steering Wheels | Futurism

It also wants the cars on public roads.

General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel

"We wanted to demonstrate the safety, reliability and maturity of our overall system."

Self-driving truck completes first cross-country freight run

Butter Run

A startup just shipped 40,000 pounds of butter 2,800 miles from California to Pennsylvania in under three days using a truck that was driving itself.

Self-Driving Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

Is self-driving technology ready for prime time?

Waymo has decided to remove human operators from their self-driving cars. Now, the vehicle is totally on its own.

Waymo is taking the safety drivers out of its autonomous taxis

Major Leap

Waymo is now offering cusomters the chance to take rides in its self-driving taxis but without a human safety driver behind the wheel

Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis

The self-driving car company is going fully autonomous.

Because Elaine Herzberg wasn't in a crosswalk, the Uber didn't think she was a person.

Self-driving Uber that killed woman didn't know jaywalkers exist

Blind Spot

The self-driving Uber that struck and killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 wasn't programmed to know that people could jaywalk.

Self-Driving Uber That Killed Woman Didn’t Know Jaywalkers Exist

It was only programmed to detect humans in crosswalks.

The company's self-driving tech is getting safer by the quarter.

Tesla: Autopilot is nearly 9 times safer than the average driver

Tesla Take the Wheel

Tesla says vehicles with Autopilot engaged were involved in one accident for every 4.34 million miles driven during the third quarter of 2019.

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