NTSB Chair Robert Sumwalt is not pleased with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images One of the things that Tesla likes to do is give the features of its cars friendly sounding, easy-to-remember names. Ludicrous mode, fart mode, and Autopilot are examples of this. For the most part, this […]
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Elon Musk has been banging the drum for Tesla’s with ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD) for more than five years, but a number of leaked emails reveal the technology is far off from providing hands-free capabilities. Documents between Tesla attorneys and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) say vehicles using the […]
The ID Buzz is inching closer to production. Volkswagen On Friday Volkswagen announced a new R&D program for autonomous driving systems in its commercial vehicles, which will first be introduced in 2025. But that’s not the most important thing — alongside the autonomy announcement, VW released a sketch of what […]
Argo’s Ford Escape self-driving test vehicles aren’t exactly graceful-looking. Argo Argo has been working on its self-driving car platform for a while now alongside its partners Ford and Volkswagen, and in that time, it’s made some decent progress. Now though, it’s ready to move to the next level, and to […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Google’s parent company Alphabet is shutting down Loon, a high-profile subsidiary spun out from its research labs that used high-altitude helium balloons to deliver cellular connectivity from the stratosphere. Nearly a decade after it began the project, Alphabet said on Thursday that it pulled the plug on […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Google’s parent company Alphabet is shutting down Loon, a high-profile subsidiary spun out from its research labs that used hot-air balloons to deliver cellular connectivity from the stratosphere. Nearly a decade after it began the project, Alphabet said on Thursday that it pulled the plug on Loon […]
President Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was convicted of what a federal judge called the “biggest trade secret crime” he had ever seen. Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison last August for stealing documents from Google’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, before he went to work […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Jan 20, 2021 4:00 AM PT A strategic partnership with Microsoft was announced Tuesday by General Motors and Cruise aimed at speeding up the commercialization of shared self-driving vehicles. In addition, Microsoft will be joining GM, Honda and some institutional investors in adding US$2 billion […]