Bike Hits Car

Tragedy struck the bumper of an autonomous Chevy Bolt late last month, when an unassuming bicyclist ran into the back of the vehicle on a San Francisco street. The Bolt, , suffered “a minor scratch.” California laws for autonomous vehicle testing requires that operators submit a report for any accident...

Sep 11, 2025

GM Moves Up Chevrolet Bolt Nationwide Release To Probably Fuck With Tesla

General Motors’ new Bolt EV was set to be rolled out for sale nationwide in September, but the automaker decided to push that date up by a month, . The move coincides with Tesla’s planned date to start production on the Model 3 sedan, widely seen as the Bolt’s biggest...

Sep 11, 2025

Why Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Hasn't Been Fired Yet

is expected to be delivered as early as tomorrow, with recommendations that were on Sunday—including, , firing the top deputy to Uber’s firebrand CEO Travis Kalanick. But after a year in which , there is a reason why Kalanick most likely hasn’t been shown the door just yet. The worst...

Sep 11, 2025

Google's Little Koala Car Is Dead

In the brief history of autonomous cars, Google’s self-driving-koala-pod is probably the most recognizable of its kin. Introduced back in 2014, Google named it the Firefly, and on Monday, the tech giant announced the fleet is being retired. Google’s self-driving car project, now called Waymo, will focus entirely on integrating...

Sep 11, 2025

GM Is Almost Certainly Trying To Mess With Tesla Now (Updated)

Back in April, General Motors quietly disclosed that it had plans to put together a large fleet of self-driving Bolt EVs to test in California, Arizona and Michigan. On Tuesday, GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed that’s all going forward, and that GM has produced 130 autonomous Chevy Bolt EVs at...

Sep 11, 2025

Uber's Internal Investigation Reveals It's Everything You Hate About Silicon Valley

For a company that’s said to be worth almost $70 billion, an internal report on workplace culture depicts the eight-year-old company as a disorganized mess—one haphazardly concocted and operated as if inside a frat house—than the high-tech mobility and transportation company it purports to be. The 13-page report, issued by...

Sep 11, 2025

U.S. Lawmakers Have Laid Out How They Want To Craft Self-Driving Car Regulations

A trio of U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle took a theoretically important step in addressing the big issue of how government will regulate a road full of self-driving cars, recommending ways to write related legislation. It’s a step, but as you might expect, it’s nowhere near close...

Sep 11, 2025

Audi Trolls Tesla With Billboard For Upcoming 'Musk-Have' Electric e-Tron Sportback

Audi has always had a , and now the automaker’s poking the bear of electric vehicle makers, Tesla. In an ad to promote the upcoming all-electric , Audi wants to let you know its a “Musk-Have.” Har-de-har. With Tesla expected to begin production next month on the electric Model 3...

Sep 11, 2025

Automakers Admit The Driverless Car Revolution Will Take 'At Least Four Decades'

Congressional hearings tend to be dull, but it’s encouraging to see lawmakers actively approaching how to create legislation for self-driving cars. And while there’s considerable debate , one industry panelist at a Senate hearing Wednesday offered a welcomed reality check: it’s going to take decades for the driverless car revolution...

Sep 11, 2025

Uber Faces New Lawsuit Over Its Mishandling Of Rape Victim's Medical Records

Uber is facing a new lawsuit from a woman who was raped by her Uber driver in December 2014, after it was revealed that a high-level exec at the company had obtained her medical records and suggested internally that the case was a conspiracy orchestrated by a competitor. The case...

Sep 11, 2025

Sacramento Is Electrifying Its Garbage Pick-Up

Later this year, the electric revolution is coming to Sacramento—in the form of an all-electric garbage truck, the first in the state of California. The vehicle’s purchase is being covered by a state grant, , which reports that half of the vehicles operated by Sacramento already operate on alternative fuels....

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot

Joshua Brown, the Tesla driver killed last year while using the semi-autonomous Autopilot mode on his Model S, received several visual and audio warnings to take control of the vehicle before he was killed, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Despite the warnings, Brown kept his...

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla Is 'Actively Talking' To Automakers About Opening Up Its Charging Network And It Should

Tesla aims to rollout a Supercharger network that’s later this year. It would be a sorely needed investment for electric vehicle infrastructure across the U.S. Now, the company is once again floating the possibility of opening up the network to other automakers. And it should. The initial consideration of giving...

Sep 11, 2025

Car Buyers Just Aren't Feeling All Those Semi-Autonomous Features

Researchers find that Americans are particularly to an automated system, but a new study says car buyers are now simply fed up with semi-autonomous features like lane-departure assist and adaptive cruise control, . As part of J.D. Power’s annual Initial Quality Study, the Journal says car buyers reported being “increasingly...

Sep 11, 2025

The Rental Car Companies Will Manage Driverless Car Fleets

Rental car companies have done virtually to a changing future of car ownership, yet tech companies seem to think Avis and Hertz hold the keys to driverless car success. Apple will lease six cars from Hertz to test its long-anticipated autonomous driving software, according to . This mirrors a between...

Sep 11, 2025