self-driving cars
6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
[ad_1] When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t help but think back to December three years ago when the...
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
[ad_1] On Thursday, Tesla shareholders approved an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The full compensation plan will go into effect by 2035—assuming Musk and the company...
Uber’s Drive to Become the Kleenex of Robotaxis
[ad_1] “To them, it doesn’t really matter who ultimately succeeds,” says Sam Abuelsamid, who writes about the self-driving-vehicle industry and is the vice president of marketing at Telemetry, a Michigan...
60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe
[ad_1] The future of self-driving cars in Italy it seems needs not only technology but also (possibly above all) political backing. The good news, then, is that more than 60...
Tesla Readies a Taxi Service in San Francisco—but Not With Robotaxis
[ad_1] Tesla has publicly staked its future on its robotaxis. Now the company is planning to launch a public car service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tesla is calling...
What Makes a Car Lovable? It’s Not the Tech, It’s the Cup Holders
[ad_1] Nearly 100,000 car buyers of 2025 model-year autos were asked what they thought of their gleaming new rides. The results are revealing, to say the least. Want to know...
The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now
[ad_1] Are the kids all right? They’re in Waymos, at least, now that the self-driving car company has begun to allow Arizona teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride by...
This Is Why Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Needed Human Babysitters
[ad_1] “This is a demo or test using safety drivers—it’s not an [autonomous vehicle] deployment,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who studies...
Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question
[ad_1] Self-driving vehicle developers don’t usually love talking about “teleoperation”—when a human guides or drives robot cars remotely. It can feel like a dirty secret. Shouldn’t an autonomous vehicle operate,...
