Car Tech US opens investigation into Ford's BlueCruise driver assist feature after two fatal accidents Governments approved the system's use on predetermined sections of US and UK highways By Cal Jeffrey, April 29, 2024, 5:58 PM 7 comments
Industry Car Tech DARPA unleashes 20-foot autonomous robo-tank with glowing green eyes It rolls through rough terrain like it's asphalt By Zo Ahmed, April 27, 2024, 2:29 PM 34 comments
Car Tech Security US investigators link Tesla Autopilot to dozens of deaths and almost 1,000 crashes Driver inattentiveness and misunderstanding of Autopilot systems are primary causes By Daniel Sims, April 27, 2024, 9:23 AM 27 comments
Car Tech Tech Culture Mercedes-Benz becomes first automaker to sell Level 3 autonomous vehicles in the US No requirement to watch the road while it's activated By Rob Thubron, April 23, 2024, 5:15 AM 19 comments
Car Tech Tesla is offering a free month of full self-driving, Musk enforces demo requirement for deliveries Musk thinks people don't realize just how "mind-blowing" FSD is By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2024, 8:08 AM 9 comments
Car Tech Tech Culture Vehicle safety group tests 14 partial automated driving systems, none earn a "good" rating Guess which company was rated the worst? By Rob Thubron, March 13, 2024, 5:20 AM 8 comments
Electronics Industry More robotic vessels are putting to sea for all manner of reasons Some of these ships only need 16 people to handle tasks that would require 40 or 50 in a conventional vessel By Erika Morphy, March 11, 2024, 5:21 PM
Tech Culture Car Tech Man arrested for allegedly trying to steal a Waymo autonomous car Just last month, a Waymo cab was vandalized in San Francisco By Kishalaya Kundu, March 5, 2024, 12:38 PM
Tech Culture Car Tech Waymo self-driving taxi vandalized and set ablaze by San Francisco crowd The motive remains unknown By Rob Thubron, February 12, 2024, 7:13 AM 24 comments
Car Tech Tech Culture BMW's remote valet parking lets you control cars like its a video game, kind of Could Uber become a work-from-home job? By Daniel Sims, January 12, 2024, 5:01 PM 17 comments
Electronics Commercial cargo plane successfully completes crewless flight Look ma, no hands! By Shawn Knight, December 26, 2023, 12:12 PM 8 comments
Car Tech Tech Culture Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving A visual indicator for other drivers By Shawn Knight, December 19, 2023, 1:02 PM 13 comments
Industry Car Tech Troubled Cruise lays off about a quarter of its workforce, in cost-cutting move Cruise is having a tough time right now By Rob Thubron, December 15, 2023, 8:11 AM
Car Tech Industry Tesla recalls all of its over 2 million US vehicles due to autopilot flaws Cars sold between 2012 and 2023 receive automatic over-the-air software update By Daniel Sims, December 13, 2023, 4:39 PM 9 comments
Car Tech Industry Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigns amid robotaxi safety concerns and suspended operations Cruise suspended operations for its entire fleet earlier this month By Rob Thubron, November 20, 2023, 8:08 AM
Car Tech New York intends to have electric air taxis by 2025 Gov. Eric Adams: "Within our lifetime, many of you are going own your own personal electric helicopter" By Cal Jeffrey, November 14, 2023, 4:32 PM 27 comments
Car Tech Cruise halts its driverless taxi operations nationwide to rebuild public trust After its driverless operations were suspended in California by the DMV By Rob Thubron, October 27, 2023, 9:33 AM
Car Tech California DMV suspends GM Cruise's permit to operate its driverless taxis Following several accidents and accusations that Cruise misrepresented the safety of its vehicles By Rob Thubron, October 25, 2023, 8:45 AM 7 comments
Car Tech China becomes first country to approve autonomous flying taxis A single company received green light for limited commercial trials in two provinces By Cal Jeffrey, October 17, 2023, 5:58 PM 14 comments
Car Tech Waymo driverless cars will introduce new visual cues to state their intentions, avoid exit door collisions Non-standardized, LED-based signs to better communicate with pedestrians By Alfonso Maruccia, October 16, 2023, 12:26 PM
Tech Culture Honda's prototype electric riding mower can learn to cut autonomously Free up time to work on higher-value tasks By Shawn Knight, October 9, 2023, 1:56 PM 8 comments
Car Tech Tech Culture Cruise self-driving car runs over and stops on pedestrian after they were hit by human driver It's just the latest incident involving robotaxis By Rob Thubron, October 4, 2023, 7:38 AM
Car Tech Tech Culture Cruise denies its self-driving taxis hindered ambulance response in fatal pedestrian accident "Seconds and minutes can make a difference in whether somebody bleeds out" By Rob Thubron, September 4, 2023, 8:11 AM
Car Tech Tech Culture Cruise robotaxis blocked San Francisco traffic again as company blames network congestion Cruise and Waymo just gained permission to operate robotaxis 24/7 By Daniel Sims, August 15, 2023, 5:04 PM 8 comments
Car Tech "Elon mode" is a secret Tesla full self-driving mode with fewer safety precautions "Elon Mode" has no guardrails By Daniel Sims, June 21, 2023, 6:55 AM