2024: The Year of the Driverless Car
Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi fleet that can carry passengers on public roads, no human driver required.
Self-driving vehicles
Trump Wants To Ease Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Regulations have made these vehicles less safe and more expensive.
Feds Launch Investigation Into Tesla Over a Single Fatality
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration is holding vehicles to higher standards than it does drivers.
The Teamsters' Alliance With the 'New Right' Was Never Going To Work
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo is at the center of a fight between labor unions and venture capital that's dividing the populist right.
California's Regulations Might Steer Self-Driving Innovations to Other States
Despite being the so-called epicenter of innovation, California certainly doesn't give innovators a lot of room to experiment with new ideas.
Self-Driving Cars Have Arrived. They Will Make Us Safer.
The good news: Regulators have exercised unusual restraint.
Stuck Behind an SUV? Blame Me.
Confessions of a Carter administration economist
George Hotz: From Self-Driving Cars to Robots That Cook and Clean
The visionary hacker on how he plans to "solve A.I." and why he thinks this will be a "decade of decentralization."
The Infrastructure Bill Requires New Cars To Come With Unproven Drunk Driving Detection Technology
As early as 2026, new cars will have to come equipped with "advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology."
Judging Autonomous Vehicles
Research conducted with sitting judges suggests that autonomous vehicles will be judged more harshly than conventional vehicles.
George Hotz: Fully Self-Driving Cars Are a 'Scam' and Silicon Valley 'Needs To Die'
The hacking wunderkind thinks Big Tech's approach won't work. He built a $999 autonomous driving system that runs on a smartphone.
The Senate's Driverless Car Bill Is Broadly Deregulatory and Promisingly Bipartisan. Naturally, It's Going Nowhere.
Tepid attempts at loosening federal regulations have crashed into senatorial intransigence.
Uber Fires 100 Self-Driving Car Operators After Fatal Crash
After a fatality involving one of its autonomous cars, Uber is replacing 100 of its monitors with 55 technical specialists to improve feedback.
Don't Blame Self-Driving Cars for Accidents Caused by Humans
The Arizona crash was caused by two human drivers, at least one of whom ran a red light. The car was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Regulating Self-Driving Cars Like Pharmaceuticals Is a Really Stupid Idea
Conventional cars didn't need FDA-style regulation, and neither do self-driving cars.
Keep Testing Self-Driving Cars, Even If They Kill People
Self-driving cars are likely to save lives. One tragic, accidental death should not stop that from happening. Keep testing.
Uber Self-Driving Car Hits and Kills Pedestrian in Arizona
This unfortunate accident will not slow down the autonomous vehicle revolution.
This Hacker Is Making a Driverless Car in His Garage
George Hotz wants to remake everything from your car to your phone, cheaper and faster than Google or Tesla.
Will the Government Ban Human Driving?
Do we need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to drive?
Waymo Unleashes Real Self-Driving Cars in Arizona
No vehicle is truly self-driving if a "safety driver" is still sitting in the front seat
Self-Driving Cars Will Make Most Auto Safety Regulations Unnecessary
Simplifying the rules could save lives on the highway.
Super Hacker George Hotz: I Can Make Your Car Drive Itself for Under $1,000
Comma.ai aims to bring plug-and-play autonomy to the masses.
If You're Not Driving, Then You Shouldn't be Liable for Accidents in Self-Driving Cars
Fewer and less destructive accidents also mean lower overall liability costs
General Motors Wants to Outlaw Silicon Valley Self-Driving Car Competition
Shameless crony capitalism play by Detroit automaker
Bad News: The Government Wants to 'Help' Driverless Car Companies
The future is rushing toward us. Unfortunately, the government wants to help.
Ford Gets It Right on Self-Driving Cars
Go for full self-driving capability, not half-assed autonomy.
Driverless Cars and the Revenge of the Moral Equivalent of Hostlers and Horse-Drawn Carriage Makers
A perplexingly stupid op-ed against self-driving cars in The New York Times
Your Self-Driving Car: Minimize Casualties or Save You?
What algorithms will actually save the most lives in the long run?
Google Self-Driving Car in Crash: Like Always, Humans at Fault
Human drivers in other vehicles seem prone to rear-ending Google's robot cars.
Feds Want to Support Automated Cars. Oh, Also: They Want Much More Regulatory Authority.
Innovation is an opportunity for some to expand government power.
Chicago's Proposed Ban of Self-Driving Cars Is Dangerous and Protectionist
Two city aldermen say it's about protecting pedestrians, but it's really about protecting taxi companies.
No Innovation Without Regulation: 'Safety Experts' Alarmed by Uber's Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh
What is not permitted is prohibited
Self-Driving Cars: Half-Assed Automation Is Stupid and Dangerous
Also, Uber self-driving project launches in Pittsburgh
First Self-Driving Car Death
Tesla S car runs into a tractor trailer in Florida; still safer than human-driven cars
'Self-Driving Cars and Back-Seat Regulators' in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ronald Bailey answers questions on the future of self-driving cars over at TribLive
Will Politicians Block Our Driverless Future?
Autopia is within our grasp-if government doesn't screw it up.
Who's Afraid of Self-Driving Cars? 75 Percent of Americans, Says Poll
Are you among the timorous or will you embrace the hands-free future?
Government Roadblock: Feds Should Just Get Out of the Way of Self-Driving Vehicles
"All government needs to do for the next transportation revolution [is to] get out of the road."
Self-Driving Vehicles Experience Higher Accident Rate Than Conventional Cars, Says Preliminary Study
But all reported accidents are the fault of conventional cars.
Would You Buy A Self-Driving Car That Would Kill You To Save Others?
The problem of programming ethics into autonomous vehicles
Self-Driving Cars Dodging Deer and Regulators So Far
Self-driving vehicles are legal in most states.
Google's Robot Car Cuts Off Delphi's Robot Car: No Road Rage Ensues
What is the self-driving equivalent of flipping the bird?
Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Fast, So Why Should We Spend a Dime Rebuilding Amtrak?
Trains were cutting-edge technology. In 1825.
Your Next Car Will Be Driverless
OK, but the one after that will likely be self-driving
