I Have No Idea Why This Analyst Thinks Tesla Is Hiding A Secret Autopilot On The Model 3

There’s a weird tidbit note Morgan Stanley circulating today about Tesla, which announced its quarterly sales (heh). The financial institution’s analyst Adam Jonas says it’s Morgan Stanley’s belief that Tesla “may be ‘under-selling’ the safety features of the upcoming Model 3.” I’m not sure what he’s talking about. Here’s the...

Sep 10, 2025

Tesla Is Now Valued Higher Than GM Because It's The Future® I Guess

You see that? The minimal interior, the whopper of a monitor slapped in the middle, the tech-forward aura of it all? That’s the future, presented by Tesla, which is now the most valuable car company in the U.S., according to the stock market, despite not having produced a single Model...

Sep 10, 2025

The Engineer In The Google Vs. Uber 'Stolen Tech' Case Might Be An Evil Genius

is the key player in the unfolding legal fight between his former employer, Google’s self-driving car unit Waymo, and Uber, where he now runs the startup’s self-driving program. To put it lightly, the case has shown the dude has some seriously deep—but, crucially, alleged—conflicts of interest. The latest court documents...

Sep 10, 2025

Uber Shoots Back At Google: Our Autonomous Tech Isn't The Same As Yours

Uber admitted in court filings today that its in-house self-driving car technology isn’t ready to hit the road, and denied accusations from Waymo, Google’s driverless car project, that it’s using stolen tech designs. It’s a surprise move for the ride-hailing giant, said to be worth close to $70 billion, to...

Sep 10, 2025

GM Muscles In On Tesla's Autopilot With 'Super Cruise' Tech On New Cadillac CT6s

Cadillac is taking direct aim at Tesla by announcing that the 2018 CT6 sedan will be General Motors first vehicle to come equipped with the long-awaited Super Cruise, the semi-autonomous highway driving feature that . Cadillac calls Super Cruise the “industry’s first true hands-free driving technology,” which is a polite...

Sep 10, 2025

Driverless Cars Will Account For A Quarter Of All Miles Driven In U.S. By 2030: Study

Self-driving car polls could lead to you believe that about what they want in a robot vehicle. But a new study offers what seems to be an entirely plausible scenario: by 2030, a quarter of all miles driven in the U.S. will be in self-driving electric cars. The reason? According...

Sep 10, 2025

Faraday Future Should Make The FF 91 Look Like This

Electric autonomous vehicle start-up (cripe that’s a mouthful) Faraday Future hasn’t had the kind of start to 2017 that it probably expected after debuting its flagship vehicle, the FF 91, at this year’s CES conference. It’s been... . But we’ve caught FF 91 prototypes moseying about town in recent weeks,...

Sep 10, 2025

Should Autonomous Cars Be Forced To Save Lives In An Emergency?

We’ve discussed the need for a coherent before. After all, these are really 3,500-pound robots that will be roaming all over our cities; we need to decide what acceptable and predictable behaviors will be for these machines. But lately I’ve been wondering something else about autonomous cars: should we force...

Sep 10, 2025

The Sad Nissan Leaf Is Beating The Chevy Bolt In Sales Somehow

Picture yourself as an environmentally-conscious citizen, one who wants to Do Your Part by purchasing an electric vehicle to reduce your annual fuel consumption. You go to the dealer. They offer you two options: a for about $30,000 and a range of up to 107 miles on a full charge,...

Sep 10, 2025

Is Uber Really Helping Traffic? San Francisco May Sue California To Find Out

There’s a tendency to think that ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft will help seriously reduce congestion in major cities. If that’s the case, San Francisco hasn’t seen it. City officials are now reportedly considering “legal action” against the state of California to obtain location data of records of tens...

Sep 10, 2025

Here’s How Shady The Google VS. Uber Case Is Really Starting To Look

The main issue in the high-profile case between Uber and Waymo, Google’s self-driving car project, is whether Uber is using Waymo’s allegedly stollen intellectual property to build its autonomous driving system. But the backstory of the engineer at the center of the case, Anthony Levandowski, is utterly convoluted—evident by yet...

Sep 10, 2025

California Says Uber Is Too Slow In Ditching Drunk Drivers

California has a rule that requires ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to have a “zero-tolerance policy for driving under the influence,” according to the —and regulators say Uber isn’t upholding it. The Gate reports that regulators want to fine Uber $1.13 million for “failing to investigate and/or suspend drunk...

Sep 10, 2025

GM Is Getting Serious About Autonomous Cars

The main General Motors-related headline blasting around the Internet today is that it’s to work at a new research and development center in Silicon Valley to focus on the automaker’s self-driving car efforts. But journalist Mark Harris at IEEE Spectrum has an even more interesting scoop that shows just how...

Sep 10, 2025

Apple's Self-Driving Car Program Is Legit

Apple’s secretive car program last year, but the tech giant never gave up on the self-driving car race. And now it’s taking a step forward, with California regulators announcing Friday that Apple has received a permit to test autonomous vehicles on state roads. It’s the first peep from Apple on...

Sep 10, 2025

Uber Is Being Sued For Alleged 'Predatory Pricing'

Uber revealed on Friday that its in 2016, but a pair of fresh lawsuits filed in California say that significant growth is due to a business model that relies on “predatory pricing” to drive competitors out of business. Uber disclosed on Friday that last year it doubled its gross bookings—the...

Sep 10, 2025