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GM Teases Car That Doubles as Your Personal Assistant

Self-driving Cadillac Escalade IQ coming to market in 2028

(Newser) - General Motors is ushering in an era of "immersive tech," teasing a future where you can watch a movie or answer emails while your car handles the driving, then send it to run your errands. The company announced Wednesday that by 2028, it will roll out "eyes-off"...

Latest Tesla Probe Involves Yet More Scary Incidents

NHTSA investigating alleged light-running, driving on the wrong side of the road

(Newser) - Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla's self-driving feature after dozens of incidents in which the cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and causing injuries, the AP reports. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said...

Cops Couldn't Ticket Waymo That Made Illegal U-Turn

'No driver, no hands, no clue'

(Newser) - California police officers found themselves in an unusual spot last week when they tried to pull over a car for a traffic violation and discovered there was no driver to ticket. During a DUI enforcement operation in San Bruno, officers stopped a Waymo autonomous vehicle after it made an...

Feds Launch New Investigation of Tesla

Regulators want to know why company has been slow to report self-driving crashes

(Newser) - Federal auto safety regulators are investigating why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to quickly tell them about crashes involving its self-driving technology, the AP reports, a potentially significant development given the company's plans to put hundreds of thousands of driverless cars on US roads over the next...

Tesla's Autopilot Put to the Test in High-Stakes Jury Trial

Crash involving distracted driver prompts showdown over self-driving claims

(Newser) - Tesla is set to face its first jury trial over a fatal crash involving its Autopilot driver-assist system. The trial in Miami federal court set to begin on Monday centers on a 2019 incident in South Florida in which a Tesla Model S, with its Autopilot engaged, crashed into...

Tesla Robotaxis Have Arrived
Tesla Robotaxis
Are On the Road
Jun 23, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

Tesla Robotaxis Are On the Road

In Austin, at least

(Newser) - Tesla's highly anticipated robotaxi service launched in Austin, Texas, Sunday, with 10 to 20 driverless Model Ys available during what amounts to a test run. Elon Musk says the service will ultimately be expanded. For now, rides will cost a flat $4.20, and a safety monitor will be...

As Tesla Bears Down, Waymo Celebrates a Milestone

Company doubles ridership to 10M in 5 months

(Newser) - Waymo has hit a major milestone, surpassing 10 million paid robotaxi rides as it accelerates its expansion across US cities. As competition heats up in the race for driverless dominance, the ride-hailing company under Alphabet says it's taking "the safest path" to bringing autonomous rides to cities...

New DOT Rules Change 'a Win for Tesla, a Loss for Waymo'

Tweak could allow certain automakers—namely, Tesla—to report fewer crashes with self-driving cars

(Newser) - Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary. The Transportation Department announced Thursday it will no longer require automakers to report certain kinds of nonfatal crashes—but the exception will apply...

Empty Waymo Robotaxi Can't Escape a Roundabout

It's not the first time self-driving Waymos have gone awry

(Newser) - Last month, the folks at Wired shadowed a Waymo robotaxi for an entire workday to "study its movements, its relationship to life on the streets, its whole self-driving gestalt." It's a good thing they didn't track this recently spotted vehicle, because it would've been a...

GM Gives Up on Robotaxis
GM Gives Up on Robotaxis
Dec 10, 2024 10:22 PM CST

GM Gives Up on Robotaxis

Company says Cruise unit will be folded into its own development team

(Newser) - General Motors said Tuesday it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise autonomous vehicle unit. Instead, the Detroit automaker will focus on development of partially automated driver-assist systems like its Super Cruise, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel. GM said...

After Fatal Crash, Feds Are Investigating Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving'

Arizona pedestrian was killed in low-visibility conditions

(Newser) - The US government's road safety agency is again investigating Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday, with the...

Tesla's Latest: 'Fall Asleep and Wake Up at Your Destination'

So says Elon Musk as 'robotaxi' is unveiled in Hollywood

(Newser) - It doesn't have a steering wheel or pedals, but Elon Musk has "staked Tesla's future" on his company's new Cybercab, unveiled Thursday evening at a Warner Bros. studio in Hollywood. The company's CEO vowed that the self-driving two-seater "robotaxi," which the New York ...

Tesla Was in 'Full Self-Driving Mode' During Deadly Crash

Driver could face vehicular homicide charge

(Newser) - Authorities in Washington state have determined that a Tesla that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was operating on the company's "Full Self-Driving" system at the time of the crash. Investigators from the Washington State Patrol made the discovery after downloading information from the event-data...

Self-Driving Tesla Slams Into Parked Patrol Car

Officer jumped out of the way before his vehicle was hit

(Newser) - Police said a Tesla was in self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle in California, forcing an officer to jump out of the car's way. The Tesla's driver said he was on his phone at the time, KTLA reports. The Fullerton officer, who was managing...

Driverless Tractor Trailers Are Headed Our Way

Aurora Innovation plans on launching 20 self-driving freight trucks; critics worry about safety

(Newser) - On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheeler rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter of a mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into...

With 3 Dead, US Investigates Ford's Partially Automated Cars

Blue Cruise systems were involved in 2 separate crashes, and NHTSA is looking into it

(Newser) - Two fatal crashes involving Ford's Blue Cruise partially automated driving system are now subjects of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation of the crashes, both involving Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles on freeways in nighttime lighting conditions, the agency said Monday. The agency's initial investigation of the crashes,...

Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

Walter Huang's Tesla veered into a concrete highway barrier in 2018

(Newser) - Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company's semi-autonomous driving software, the AP reports. The amount Tesla paid to settle the case was not disclosed in court documents filed Monday, just a day...

Cops: Driverless Taxi Foils Would-Be Car Thief

Suspect in Los Angeles faces charges of grand theft auto

(Newser) - He must have thought it would be the world's easiest car theft: A man in Los Angeles popped behind the wheel of a Waymo driverless taxi in Los Angeles, only to discover that he couldn't make the car go, reports NBC News . Instead, he heard a disembodied voice...

He May Be Tesla's First Fatality in 'Full Self-Driving'
He May Be Tesla's First
Death in 'Full Self-Driving'
investigation
Feb 13, 2024 11:25 AM CST

He May Be Tesla's First Death in 'Full Self-Driving'

'Washington Post' links Tesla employee's death to the advanced feature

(Newser) - The Washington Post may have uncovered the first fatality linked to Tesla's most advanced driver-assistance software, Full Self-Driving. The newspaper's investigation suggests that Hans von Ohain—a Tesla employee—was using FSD on a curvy road in Evergreen, Colorado, in 2022 when the car veered into a tree...

Crowd Attacks, Burns Self-Driving Car

This is why we can't have nice things

(Newser) - The self-driving car has met its first mob. In what Reuters calls "the most destructive attack so far on driverless vehicles in the US," a crowd surrounded and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco on Saturday. People were out celebrating the Lunar New Year...

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