A day in a Waymo driverless car
Before last week, I’d never taken a Waymo robotaxi, despite growing up in the East Valley suburb of Phoenix where the company began...
Read MoreCruise launches an Android app for its self-driving taxis
Cruise has finally launched an Android app for ridehailing, giving potential customers in San Francisco the option to call one of its...
Read MoreBaidu’s Robotaxi service permitted for fully unmanned commercial operation in Shenzhen
Beijing (Gasgoo)- Recently, Baidu’s autonomous driving mobility service platform Apollo Go was awarded the first batch pilot notice...
Read MoreIs the personal self-driving car for city streets a false early dream?
Self-driving efforts today focus on particular niches, such as the urban robotaxi, delivery, trucking or freeeway driving. Other than...
Read MoreIDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car
Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the...
Read MoreChinese EV maker Xpeng expands self-driving capability to streets of Beijing as it bids for autonomous car leadership
Some cars made by Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) builder Xpeng will be able to drive themselves through Beijing’s streets starting on...
Read MoreAn autonomous future may be closer than I thought
It’s been a bit longer than normal since I last posted, but that’s because I’ve been working on a few exciting new things. Today, I’m...
Read MoreCruise robotaxi appears to hinder emergency crews after mass shooting
A Cruise self-driving car appeared to hinder first responders as they tried to access the scene of a mass shooting in San Francisco’s...
Read MoreTesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta V11.4.2 — Is Tesla making progress?
V11.4.2 is the second version of FSD Beta after the supposedly revolutionary improvements going from V10 to V11. There have been intense...
Read MoreA Waymo self-driving car killed a dog in ‘unavoidable’ accident
A Waymo robotaxi operating in autonomous mode struck and killed a small dog last month in San Francisco, according to an incident report...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars know the rules of the road — but not rules of humanity
Driving a vehicle involves more than following the rules of the road. It is a social activity involving subtle interactions with other...
Read MoreRemote driver car rental service launches in Milton Keynes
A car rental service that delivers a remotely driven vehicle to the user has been launched in a city. The Fetch vehicle system has been...
Read MoreTeledriving mobility service Vay to remotely deliver EVs in Vegas as it expands to US
Europe’s first teledriving (remotely driving) service is entering the US market and intends to setup shop in Sin City to begin. Vay is...
Read MoreDidi, T3 Go, and Caocao Mobility are promoting unmanned ride-hailing services
In recent years, the competition in the online ride-hailing industry has become increasingly fierce. Autonomous driving has become an...
Read MorePony.ai permitted for unmanned autonomous driving road tests in Shenzhen
Beijing (Gasgoo)- Pony.ai, the Chinese autonomous driving solution provider, announced on May 29 that it has been granted the first and...
Read MoreTesla leak reportedly shows thousands of Full Self-Driving safety complaints
A Tesla whistleblower has leaked 100GB of data to the German outlet Handelsblatt containing thousands of customer complaints that raise...
Read MoreUber teams up with Waymo to add robotaxis to its app
Waymo’s robotaxis will be available to hail for rides and food delivery on Uber’s app in Phoenix later this year, the result of a new...
Read MoreFord’s Level 3 driver-assist feature won’t be able to handle busy city streets anytime soon
Ford’s executive team revealed new details about the company’s partial autonomy features at a capital markets event Monday. BlueCruise,...
Read More7 more Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) perspectives & observations
For years, the CleanTechnica reader community has amazed me. The quality of thought, diversity of thought, and depth of information is...
Read MoreCruise, Waymo near approval to charge for 24/7 robotaxis in San Francisco
Self-driving vehicle companies Waymo and Cruise are on the cusp of securing final approval to charge fares for fully autonomous robotaxi...
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