Tag: self-driving cars
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Tesla car that crashed and killed driver was running on Autopilot, firm says
Company says driver took no action despite systems warnings in latest accident involving self-driving technology Tesla has said a car that crashed in California last week, killing its driver, was operating on Autopilot. The 23 March crash on highway 101 in Mountain View is the latest accident to involve self-driving technology. Earlier this month, a…
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The End of Waymo v. Uber Marks a New Era for Self-Driving Cars: Reality
The sun had only just come up Friday, but the young self-driving car industry had already moved into a new era. From the bench, federal Judge William Alsup, recovering from a sore throat, called it: “This case is now ancient history.” Waymo v. Uber, the first great legal fight over autonomous vehicles, ended in a…
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People Keep Confusing Their Teslas for Self-Driving Cars
We are entering a dangerous period in the development of self-driving cars. Today, you can buy a Cadillac, Volvo, Tesla, Audi, and even a Nissan that will do some of your driving for you, as long as you stay on top of things. It's all part of the steady trek toward the fully autonomous vehicles…
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Why Tesla’s Autopilot Can’t See a Stopped Firetruck
On Monday, a Tesla Model S slammed into the back of a stopped firetruck on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles County. The driver apparently told the fire department the car was in Autopilot mode at the time. The crash highlighted the shortcomings of the increasingly common semi-autonomous systems that let cars drive themselves in…
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Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Delivering Refrigerators
If you live in Southern California and you’ve ordered one of those fancy new smart refrigerators in the past few weeks, it may have hitched a ride to you on a robotruck. Since early October, autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators 650 miles along the I-10 freeway,…
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Samsung launches $300M autonomous driving fund, puts $90M into TTTech
Not to be outpaced in the connected car market by other tech giants, today the world’s largest smartphone maker, Samsung, announced two major pieces of news to take its automotive strategy up a gear. It has launched the Samsung Automotive Innovation Fund, a $300 million fund to back startups and other interesting bets in the…
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