Amazon drone delivery costs customers $9.99 but Amazon a lot more
So far Prime Air has delivered “thousands” of packages in sunny College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Arizona, where it recently expanded , in less than an hour. It aims to deliver 500 million package...
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“Snacks Mix”: healthcare fallout, Musk’s company town, and Waymo’s win
What we’re talking about this week: the world is dealing with the aftermath of a health-insurance executive shooting , Sherwood’s Rani Molla talks about her deep dive into Elon Musk’s company town in ...
Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows
A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto-crash data shows that has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands in the US.
Musk’s Trump bet is already paying off
Well, that was fast! A federal framework for fully self-driving vehicles is going to be a priority for the Transportation Department in President-elect Trump’s White House, according to Bloomberg . Tr...
As “secretary of cost-cutting,” Elon Musk could cut regulations for his cars and rockets
Elon Musk used his money and his platform to help bring about a second Trump presidency . And Musk and his businesses stand to gain a lot from that patronage. Perhaps most notably, Trump has said he’d...
Waymo’s had a quiet — but huge — increase in ridership
Waymo has quietly ramped up its status. A lot. Last year, Waymo started offering paid, driverless rides to passengers in San Francisco. In the year since, Waymo went from 12,000 rides in August 2023 t...
Elon Musk: you’ll be able to buy a low-cost Tesla, but it won’t have a steering wheel
Tesla’s long awaited mass-market car isn’t coming — or at least not in the form of a regular car. “I think having a regular $25,000 model is pointless,” CEO Elon Musk said during Tesla’s earnings call...
Tesla has a robotaxi (kind of) but offers no real details (again)
A driverless car without a steering wheel or a pedal. A train-like van without visible tires. A robot called Optimus that dances to Haddaway’s “What Is Love.” That was all present at Tesla’s long-awai...
Tesla’s robotaxi event is finally here — will it be a watershed moment for autonomous vehicles?
For a decade , Elon Musk has crafted a narrative about the potential of robotaxis — a self-driving, self-funding Optimus Taxius that could transform the economics of Tesla. Now, a grand reveal is fina...
Hackers needed just the VIN to take over a Kia’s cameras and start it remotely
Researchers discovered an alarming vulnerability in a Kia web portal that allowed them to track, view the camera feeds, and remotely unlock and even start the engines of millions of Kia vehicles. Wire...
Uber chooses partners in self-driving race
Starting next year, some Uber users will be able to choose a Cruise robotaxi to ride with on their app, part of a multiyear partnership between Cruise and . General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cru...
Are Waymo cars talking to each other by honking at 4 a.m.?
In one San Francisco parking lot, over three dozen autonomous Waymo vehicles have been honking at each other for several weeks. NBC Bay Area first reported the issue, citing several residents who said...
Level up: VC funding for autonomous vehicles is drying up
Level up The end-goal for self-driving cars is complete automation, where no human attention or manual input is required — a state known as level 5, on the industry scale for vehicle autonomy. Level ...
Waymore miles: Waymo reported more autonomous miles than any other manufacturer
Waymore miles Cruise's difficulties are undoubtedly a setback for the industry — and Cruise’s owner General Motors — but it's important to get some perspective on all of the progress that has been ma...
Trolley problems: AI hype has roared ahead of self-driving cars
Hands off the wheel It’s not unreasonable to have expected some major breakthroughs in self-driving cars (autonomous vehicles or AVs) in the same year that AI “went mainstream” — they are, of course,...
Autonomous vehicles: The latest disengagement data reveals Waymo is out in front
Disengagements-per-mile. No, this has nothing to do with couples breaking off their wedding while driving, but everything to do with self-driving (autonomous) vehicles. Every year California, where ma...
Footage, data from deadly Tesla crashes casts doubts on Autopilot
A major Wall Street Journal investigation has gathered data and chilling videos from over 200 Autopilot crashes. The investigation found evidence that Tesla’s move away from lidar (a highly accurate ...
Elon Musk’s timelines are meaningless
"I feel very confident predicting autonomous robotaxis for Tesla next year," Elon Musk told investors way back in 2019 . He said basically the same thing to investors last night. Five years later. In ...
Tesla stock drops as the company offers nothing new or cool to distract investors
Last quarter , Elon Musk was able to make investors look away from poor earnings and news that it was no longer making its long-awaited $25,000 mass-market car, by telling investors it was going to m...
Tesla's shareholders have strong opinions about Elon Musk’s compensation
Arron Yohe-Mellor can admit it. He was a Tesla fanboy. “I was on board. I was like, ‘Full self-driving? That sounds awesome.’ You know? Robotaxis?” the 43-year-old Los Angeles resident said. “And that...