Florida’s Flying-Car Test Track Is the Headline. The Robotaxis Already on I-95 Are the Real Story
Florida’s governor stood in front of a hangar in Auburndale this week and talked about...
Autonomous Cars
Huawei Promised It Would Never Build A Car. It Didn’t Have To – It’s Already Running 25 Of Them
Huawei’s founder has put his signature on a promise, more than once, guaranteeing his company...
California Legalized 80,000-Pound Driverless Trucks Using a Rule Built for Fixing Typos. The Teamsters Just Called That Bluff.
No self-driving semi has crashed on a California freeway. None has even been allowed to...
GM Drove Hands-Free From Coast to Coast in Canada. It Left the Five-Year Federal Data Ban Out of the Press Release.
GM Canada spent this summer driving a fleet of Chevrolets, Buicks, GMCs and Cadillacs from...
Waymo and Uber Are Breaking Up Again, and This Time It’s About Who Vacuums the Back Seat
Nine years ago, Waymo dragged Uber into federal court and accused it of stealing the...
Waymo’s Robotaxis Are Racking Up Austin Parking Tickets Because Free Curb Space Beats a Real Garage
Waymo's Austin robotaxis have picked up 83 parking tickets worth $9,325. The fines aren't the story. The business decision behind…
Ford’s Self-Assembling Car Fortress Isn’t Really About Stopping Thieves. It’s About a Battery Problem Nobody Talks About
Ford has a patent application describing cars that arrange themselves into a defensive ring around...
Tesla Said FSD Can Handle Whiteouts. Now Federal Regulators Want Receipts.
NHTSA didn’t ask Tesla to fix a sensor this month. It didn’t ask for a...
A Zoox Robotaxi Drove Blind Into a Wall of Smoke at a Fire Scene. A Human Had to Rescue It
On June 20, an empty Zoox robotaxi drove into a wall of smoke on a...
A Robotaxi Can Trap a Fire Truck at a Burning House. The Firefighter’s Only Weapon Is a Complaint Form
Picture a fire captain waving his arms at a driverless Waymo that just rolled past...
Cops Have Been Manually Rescuing Stuck Robotaxis for Years. Washington Just Voted to Take That Option Away
When a Waymo froze in the middle of an officer’s response to a mass shooting...
Denver Cab Companies Say Waymo Found A Loophole In Colorado’s Taxi Law — And They’re Not Wrong
Two Colorado transportation companies filed paperwork this month arguing that Waymo doesn’t belong in the...
Waymo’s “Free” Robotaxi Rides Have Nothing to Do With Generosity. They’re Buying Time With Regulators
Waymo wants you to believe the free rides in its new robotaxi are a nicety....
Robotaxis Keep Driving Into Fire Scenes, and Washington Just Admitted There’s No Rule Against It
Every state in the country tests new drivers on the same handful of judgment calls:...
A Waymo Blew Past Cones, Cops, and Common Sense on Highway 101 — Then Kept Driving
Waymo has recalled the software running on nearly 4,000 of its robotaxis after regulators tied...