Tesla Did Not Disclose Autopilot Death Before $2 Billion Stock Sale

Joshua Brown fatally crashed into a tractor trailer turning in front of his Tesla Model S on autopilot almost exactly two months ago, but we only found out about it on Thursday evening. That’s when Tesla first told the public about the crash, nearly two months after they sold $2...

May 10, 2025

Why Tesla's Autopilot Isn't The Menace You Think It Is

Last week, we learned of , who died in a crash involving a truck crossing a divided highway and his Tesla Model S, which was cruising on its semi-autonomous Autopilot system. Today, to disable the system until major tweaks are made, and to change the name of it. This is...

May 10, 2025

Germany Wants To Put 'Black Boxes' In Semi-Autonomous Cars: Report

Recent high-profile involving Tesla’s autopilot feature prompted investigators to ask questions like “Was the driver paying attention?” and “Did the vehicle prompt the driver for input?” But now, Germany wants to make it easier to get answers to these questions by requiring a “black box,” reports. Reuters spoke with the...

May 10, 2025

China's Ban On Autonomous Vehicle Testing On Highways Could Stunt Autonomobile Development

Right now, China is working on drafting up rules relating to the testing of self-driving cars on public roads, reports. But those rules aren’t ready yet, and until they are, all automakers hoping to develop their vehicles using Chinese highways are out of luck. This could spell bad news for...

May 10, 2025

Driver In Model X Crash Claims Tesla Is Trying To Cover Up Issues With Autopilot

An open letter published by the Tesla Model X driver involved in a where autopilot was engaged now alleges that he was never contacted before Tesla issued their conclusions on the accident, reports . He claims Tesla was not interested in learning why their system veered into a barrier at...

May 10, 2025

At Least One Person Tried Pokémon Go Using Tesla’s Autopilot

Today in bad ideas, a now-removed YouTube video of a man playing Pokémon Go while using his Tesla’s has been making rounds on the interwebs. Though the clip is gone, we’ve still got the quotes from YouTuber describing what it was like to simultaneously aim to catch Pokémon while riding...

May 10, 2025

Tesla Blames Auto-Braking Instead Of Autopilot In Fatal Model S Wreck

In May, driver Joshua Brown became when his Tesla Model S crashed into an 18-wheeler with Autopilot engaged while the truck turned into an intersection. The factors that resulted in the crash have proven numerous and complicated. Now, Tesla says the reason the Model S didn’t “see” the truck was...

May 10, 2025

Hackers Show That Tesla Autonomous Sensors Can Be Fooled, But It's All A Bit Stupid

Autonomous driving cars have many components that are analogous to our own moist, biological sensory organs. A Tesla’s radar emitter and camera, for example, serve a similar purpose in driving as your big, beautiful eyes. You know how if you cover your eyes, you can’t drive very well? That’s essentially...

May 10, 2025

The Head Roboticist Of Google's Self-Driving Car Division Is Out

After nearly a decade with the company, the chief technical officer of Google’s self-driving car project left the company—along with two other veterans of the car division. The decisions to leave come under a new leader on the project, who reportedly didn’t mesh well with some longtime employees. Urmson announced...

May 10, 2025

Cars Won't Be Fully Safe Until All Drivers Understand Them

We’re now several years past the unintended acceleration scandal that cost Toyota billions of dollars over what we now know for sure . But today, our cars are starting to drive themselves. If you don’t see the problem with this, you should. I bring this up because Toyota’s unintended acceleration...

May 10, 2025

Here's How Audi's New Technology Harnesses Suspension Movement To Boost MPG

When you hit a bump, your shock absorbers damp the wheel’s motion by converting its kinetic energy into heat via the shearing of fluid in the shocks. That heat gets expelled into the air and is never seen again. But Audi is tired of wasting energy, so the automaker plans...

May 10, 2025

Tesla's Next Version Of Autopilot May Go Fully Autonomous: Report

Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous system is partially known for its ability to improve itself with over-the-air software improvements. But if Tesla wants to update the actual hardware, that’s a different story. To fix that, Tesla’s reportedly planning major camera and sensor upgrades for Autopilot 2.0—and possibly full autonomy. If Tesla’s going...

May 10, 2025

Ford Plans To Sell A Completely Driverless Car By 2021

Technically, Ford has been selling driver-less cars since always, because it is illegal to sell people with cars. But this time the automaker will sell a car that cannot be driven: , with no human driver controls, much like . The planned target markets are commercial applications and ride-sharing services....

May 10, 2025

Ford CEO Announces Autonomous Car To Near-Total Disinterest From Crowd

“That’s right!” said Ford CEO , almost to himself. He’d just announced that Ford would offer a fully-autonomous car by 2021. The crowd seemed less than enthused. “Woo,” Fields added. Such is the scene set by Nick Bunkley at . I’m just going to watch this on loop, forever. C’mon...

May 10, 2025

Uber Is Bringing A Fleet Of Self-Driving Volvos To Pittsburgh

Executives at ride-hailing app companies like Lyft and Uber have long dreamed of having fleets of vehicles that can shuttle humans around cities without the hassle of actually having to pay human drivers. Starting at the end of this month in Pittsburgh, Uber will come closer to that goal than...

May 10, 2025