When Self-Driving Actually Works: Inside Honda’s Fleet of Autonomous Factory Robots
After years of public “beta” testing of its Full Self-Driving feature, Tesla seems only incrementally closer to unleashing truly autonomous…
Reflective Clothing Could Make You Invisible to Pedestrian Detection Systems: IIHS
The reflective, “high-visibility” safety vests worn by road workers and first responders, not to mention joggers and dog walkers, may do…
Trump Admin Plans to End Crash Reporting for Self-Driving Cars: Report
The incoming Trump administration may move to eliminate a provision that requires automakers to report crashes involving their self-driving…
Mercedes Wants Its Future Cars to Dodge Rock Chips All on Their Own
In a perfect world, Mercedes would make sure you never have to deal with pesky rock chips on the front of your car again. A patent filing…
Watch Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Just Flat Out Fail to See a Deer in the Road
It can be tough to avoid deer in the road. Sometimes, they’ll leap into your path at the last second, giving you very little time to react.…
Arizona Parents Are Sending Kids in Driverless Taxis Because They Don’t Trust Humans
There’s a common horror movie trope that no matter how frightening the monster may be, humans are the real monsters. Some Arizonians have…
Here’s Everything Tesla Claimed It Will Make Last Night: A Taxi, a Bus, and a Robot
Tesla, as it does every so often, revealed a bunch of allegedly autonomous stuff at its “We, Robot” event last night in Los Angeles. Here’s…
California Is About to Legalize—Or Ban—Driverless Semi Trucks
Autonomous driving continues to be an aspiration of the trucking industry, even as problems with the technology become better understood each…
Waymo Robotaxis Keep Waking Up Neighbors With 4 AM Honking Spree
On June 25, Waymo opened its robotaxis’ doors to anyone in San Francisco. Previously, Waymo’s funny-looking, self-driving Jaguar I-Paces were…
GM Cruise Ditches Boxy Robotaxis for Chevy Bolt EVs
GM’s self-driving subsidiary Cruise has officially thrown in the towel on its Origin robotaxis, so don’t expect to get into one of those…