The race to create a real self-driving car is heating up, with startups like Waymo deploying its autonomous taxis across U.S. cities, billions of dollars being plowed into new technology and Tesla shouting that its cars will one day really be able to drive themselves. Now, a new report has looked into what it really … Read more
Taxi drivers have been ferrying people around America’s cities for decades with the biggest change to the sector coming when Uber burst onto the scene and made us all rely on our phones to get a ride. Now, the ride hailing app is facing an uncertain future as drivers grapple with increased competition for rides, … Read more
Good morning! It’s September 2, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Stellantis Commits To All 14 Brands… For Now … Read more
Autonomous cars are coming. Slowly. The rosy predictions that we heard back in 2016 proved to be overblown, and research and development have cost companies billions and billions of dollars, but robotaxis are already on the road today. It hasn’t gone perfectly, but it’s going. So how are companies approaching the ethical issues surrounding the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, August 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The Heat 1st Gear: Ford’s New EV Plan Means More Hybrids … Read more
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
Happy Wednesday! It’s August 14, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Texas Sues GM Over Data Sales General Motors collected and sold the … 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
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
The people of San Francisco haven’t always been kind to Waymo’s growing fleet of driverless taxis. The autonomous vehicles, which provide tens of thousands of rides each week, have been torched, stomped on, and verbally berated in recent months. Now Waymo is striking back—in the courts. This month, the Silicon Valley company filed a pair … Read more
