Gif: Inside Edition / YouTube If the hostile public reception hasn’t been enough to halt Waymo’s expansion, maybe the autonomous tech company will face stiffer opposition from ice and lake-effect snow. Waymo announced on Thursday that it will be testing in Truckee, California as well as Michigan and Upstate New York. The company is intentionally … Read more
Yesterday, we reported on a gruesome Tesla Cybertruck crash that left one person dead after their truck burst into flames following the initial impact. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening an investigation into the incident, according to Reuters. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived Not too much is … Read more
A Tesla Model S had Full Self-Driving engaged when it hit and killed a 28-year-old on a motorcycle near Seattle in April. This marks at least the second fatal accident involving Elon Musk’s prized driver assistance technology. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) The driver, a 56-year-old man – was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide. … Read more
So far this year, Tesla cars equipped with Autopilot and Full-Self Drive software have been caught hitting parked police cars, clipping trains and veering off the road. Now, a report has revealed that the crashes are the result of a “fundamental flaw” in the way the software works. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In … Read more
Photo: Jason Henry / AFP Waymo is fighting back against the San Francisco populace lashing out against the still-in-development robotaxis roaming the city’s streets. The autonomous tech company is suing two people for allegedly vandalizing its vehicles in separate incidents early this year. While there have been several notable attacks on Waymo’s Jaguars, the company … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to making bold promises with little follow through, but maybe this time will be different. He just posted on his social media site X that Tesla will have humanoid robots in “low production” for the automaker’s internal use sometime next year. Then, they’ll “hopefully” be rolled out to … Read more
Photo: Apu Gomes (Getty Images) Just like Elon Musk’s perpetual promises of Full Self-Driving, Tesla is delaying the reveal of its wishfully lucrative Robotaxi from its planned August 8 date all the way to October. Musk is all-in on the autonomous taxi project to reinvigorate the struggling electric automaker, reportedly at the cost of the … Read more
Cops in Arizona had a shock last month when they attempted to pull over a car that was driving the wrong way. When they spotted a car heading the wrong way in traffic, they raced after it to pull the car over and ticket the driver, only to find that there was nobody behind the … Read more
A Tesla driver in California learned the hard way last week not to put too much faith in the company’s Autopilot system after the tech drove their car directly on to a train track, mistaking it for the road. People Are Relying on ADAS to Do Things it Can’t Do The incident happened in Woodland, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 09: A Waymo self-driving car stops while driving as people stand in the middle of the street to photograph the sunrise on April 09, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of people came out to see and photograph the biannual phenomenon dubbed “California Henge” when the sun falls perfectly between … Read more
