German Transport Ministry Reportedly Calls Tesla's Autopilot A 'Traffic Hazard'

An internal report from Germany’s Transport Ministry refers to the Autopilot system on the Tesla Model S as a “considerable traffic hazard,” according to a report from . Researchers reportedly had a number of criticisms after testing the driver-assistance system. German magazine originally reported seeing the internal report, per Reuters....

Sep 9, 2025

Mercedes Decides Who An Autonomous Car Should Save And The Answer Is Worrying

For years now carmakers have been avoiding addressing the . In the event of an imminent crash, who does your car protect: you, the occupant, or a pedestrian? There’s a good reason for that: . Option one is you get bad PR that your future self-driving car wants to kill...

Sep 9, 2025

Germany Wants Tesla To Stop Calling Its System 'Autopilot'

When turning on a Tesla, like many cars with infotainment systems, the screen to pay attention at all times—even when using Autopilot. The warning is continually reiterated, but German authorities who sent letters to owners to remind them again. Authorities also raised concern about Autopilot’s name. According to , Germany’s...

Sep 9, 2025

Volkswagen Is Wrong To Think Self-Driving Cars Will Kill SUVs

Volkswagen’s head of design, Klaus Bischoff, recently claimed that autonomous cars would be the beginning of the end of the current SUV and crossover trend, according to . It’s a surprising statement to be made this early in the autonomous evolution, and he just might be wrong. Let’s get Bischoff’s...

Sep 9, 2025

Car Company (?) Faraday Future Will 'Perhaps' Unveil A Production Model In January

Chinese tech mogul YT Jia may have getting his company’s futuristic Tesla-fighter actually onstage today for its American debut, but he did drop a bit of news about another Chinese-backed company looking to make inroads into the U.S.: Faraday Future. Thanks to Jia, we know when we might see a...

Sep 9, 2025

It's Not Vehicular Manslaughter If You Criticize Elon Musk's Self-Driving Cars

Last night, Elon Musk gave a surprise lecture in media ethics to the gathered reporters in the midst of a Q&A with reporters about Tesla’s set to be deployed on its cars from now on. If you’re skeptical of self-driving technology, Musk said, “” This was horseshit, born out of...

Sep 9, 2025

Fisker's Car Will Be Autonomous As Soon As Someone Else Figures It Out

uploaded an image of a last week, followed by : a swollen-cheeked mystery vehicle with an allegedly front-facing radar and camera. What for, pray tell? Autonomy, of course. Not just any old autonomy, mind you, but humans-are-just-sacks-of-meat autonomy. In a call with , Fisker told the site: Also pertinent for...

Sep 9, 2025

Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: Study

People of color have been dealing with racist cabbies for decades, and according to a new study, that discrimination is alive and well in the world of ride-hailing apps. Not only are black people more likely to wait longer or have their ride cancelled, women in general also are getting...

Sep 9, 2025

The Fisker EMotion Promises 400-Mile Range On Graphene Nanotech

With its heaven-reaching doors closed and the dark shadows removed, this is what Henrik Fisker’s new car looks like. It’s supposed to be all-electric, so they’ve named it the, uh, EMotion. At its heart is supposed to be a nanotechnology that is yet to be seen in cars. Now the...

Sep 9, 2025

Intel Will Pump $250 Million Into Self-Driving Car Tech

Intel, one of the world’s largest computer chip makers, doesn’t want to be a wallflower while all the tech dance with autonomous cars, so the Santa-Clara based company announced today at the LA Auto Show that it will drop $250 million on autonomous vehicle technology. Intel has been to get...

Sep 9, 2025

Tesla's Self-Driving Systems See The World As A Giant Glow-Stick Party

It must be fun to be a self-driving Tesla. Objects are in bright colors, and the world is just a big, blacklight glow-stick party. At least, that’s what it looks like to mere mortal eyes. Of course, there’s a lot more going on here than just nice colors. The description...

Sep 9, 2025

Not Excited About Self-Driving Cars? This Tech Could Be The Best Of Both Worlds

Think about driving home after a long, soul-killing day at work, full of continuous browser window swapping between Facebook, Jalopnik, YouTube and an excel spreadsheet full of random numbers so people think you’re actually working. Do you really want to fight traffic and sit through an endless number of stoplights,...

Sep 9, 2025

GM's 'Super Cruise' Self-Driving System Gets Warning By Feds Over Hazard Light Use

General Motors plans to introduce a semi-autonomous driving system, similar to Tesla’s Autopilot, sometime next year. The system is called , and one aspect of how it uses hazard lights has been singled out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with a note of caution. Super Cruise is a...

Sep 9, 2025

This Could Be One Of The Best Parts Of Autonomous Cars That No One Has Thought Of Yet

Fundamentally, all autonomous cars are are computers combined with a car. A brain and a body. The computer that’s driving the car is relying on data streams from cameras and sensors and GPS systems, but in the end, it’s just numbers. And because of the nature of computers, this means...

Sep 9, 2025

Here's The Clearest Indication Yet Apple Still Wants In On Self-Driving Cars

After years of being shrouded in mystery, Apple’s car program this year with the world never having seen as much as a prototype. But Apple has reportedly shifted from building an actual car to devising software and systems for autonomous driving, and a recently-uncovered letter to federal regulators is the...

Sep 9, 2025