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…
Autonomous Cars
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...
Tesla FSD Probe: NHTSA Demands Internal “Radar Saves Us” File
NHTSA Goes Looking For The Radar Tesla Threw Away There’s a genre of internal engineering...
Why Tesla Bolted a Starlink Dish Into a Robotaxi That Doesn’t Need One
Tesla dropped a hardware reveal that reads like a solution in search of a problem:...
Why Waymo’s Robotaxis Died in the Presidio — And What California Might Do About It
Daniel Lurie spent his first year in office as one of the friendlier big-city mayors...
Tesla FSD Red-Light Probe: What NHTSA’s 2.88 Million-Car File Actually Says
A dashcam clip out of San Diego has been doing laps around the internet this...
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...
VinFast Just Bet Its Self-Driving Future on Cameras Alone. No LiDAR Safety Net Included
VinFast wants to sell you a self-driving car that doesn’t need the expensive parts everyone...
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....
Tesla’s Own Earnings Call Just Became Exhibit A in a Federal FSD Lawsuit
For nearly a decade, “Full Self-Driving” has been the priciest checkbox in the car business...
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:...