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A new survey report says that Tesla is the most unpopular electric vehicle carmaker in the world due largely to CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla

Elon Musk’s Tesla Is Now the Most Hated Electric Vehicle Maker

By Sharon Adarlo

Those self-driving, supposedly fully-autonomous robotaxis aren't all what they appear to be. Humans, it turns out, are still in the loop.
Self-Driving Vehicles

“Self-Driving” Cars Have a Dirty Secret

By Frank Landymore

With billions of dollars in expenditures, Waymo is still not profitable, despite giving its impressive tally of paid rides per week.
Advanced Transport

Waymo Giving 100,000 Robotaxi Rides Per Week But Not Making Any Money

By Frank Landymore

A California resident has been arrested and charged for slashing the tires of Waymo vehicles in 17 separate incidents in San Francisco.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Arrested for Vandalizing More than a Dozen Self-Driving Waymo Vehicles

By Sharon Adarlo

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the GM division for reports of its robotaxis hitting pedestrians.
Advanced Transport

Cruise Robotaxis Under Federal Investigation for Endangering Pedestrians

By Frank Landymore

After canning its autonomous vehicle division in 2020, Uber is back with a robotaxi service open to customers for free — but who needs 'em?
Advanced Transport

Can We Please Stop With These Offensively Stupid “Robotaxis”?

By Frank Landymore

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.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Godfather of Self-Driving Cars Says the Tech Is Going Nowhere

By Frank Landymore

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.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle Attacked by Furious Pedestrian

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The federal government is looking into a self-driving taxi company after its second reported collision with another vehicle.
Advanced Transport

Feds Reportedly Investigating Driverless Taxis After They Wreak Havoc in San Francisco

By Noor Al-Sibai

GM debuts its fleet of driverless Cruise model robotaxis in San Francisco, open to the public and charging fares. Now it wants to expand to other cities.
Advanced Transport

GM’s Robotaxis Are Now Collecting Fares with No Safety Driver

By Frank Landymore

Apple's car project lead Doug Field is leaving to join Ford as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer, another big blow to the project.
Advanced Transport

The Lead of Apple’s Secretive Car Project Just Left to Join Ford

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is now making use of the driver-facing camera to make sure drivers are paying attention while using the self-driving assistance feature Autopilot.
Tesla

Tesla’s In-Car Cameras Are Now Spying on Drivers to Make Sure They Pay Attention

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous Taxi Goes Rogue, Escapes From Rescue Crew
Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Taxi Goes Rogue, Escapes From Rescue Crew

By Tony Ho Tran

An investigation by Consumer Reports found that a Tesla Model Y could "easily" be driven "even with no one in the driver's seat" while on a closed track.
Tesla

It’s Shockingly Easy to Drive a Tesla Without Anybody in the Driver’s Seat

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla recently unrolled its autopilot beta to more users and the results are... well, incredibly dangerous, life-threatening, and scary.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla’s “Fully Self Driving” Beta Would Fail A Driver’s License Test

By Tony Ho Tran

Engineers at Stanford have taught a self-driving DeLorean how to drift around a complex track that even human drivers would struggle with.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving DeLorean Burn Rubber on a Stunt Course

By Victor Tangermann