KTVU – Waymo cars hold up San Francisco traffic after Giants game
Video from KTVU showing two Waymos completely blocking the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Impressive!
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
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NY Times – A 100-Ton Locomotive With No One in the Cab
Article from NY Times explaining how not only do people need to worry about driverless cars and semis, but now driverless trains are killing people.
CBS News Bay Area – San Francisco’s Telegraph neighborhood seeing robotaxis struggle to navigate area
Waymos keep getting stuck in Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco.
Reuters – US safety probe into Waymo self-driving vehicles finds more incidents
Reuters reports that the NHTSA has found multiple additional incidents of dangerous driving.
Washington Post – Major robotaxi firms face federal safety investigations after crashes
Washington Post reports that all of the major robotaxi companies are now under federal investigation for safety issues.
StreetsBlog – No Driver, Mo’ Problems: Advocates Demand AV Regulations
StreetBlogs reports that autonomous vehicles are not doing very well, and many people are skeptical of them. Now advocates are demanding regulations for safety.
Electrek – Tesla finally releases Autopilot safety data after more than a year
Electrek reports that after years of refusing, Tesla is finally reporting more in depth data for its (non-auto) Autopilot. And the numbers explain why they stopped reporting data completely back in 2022.
NBC Bay Area – School crossing guards say they’ve had to dodge driverless cars to avoid being hit
NBC Bay Area investigation finds that many San Francisco crossing guards have had scary "close calls" with robotaxis.
12News.com – Waymo vehicle involved in Phoenix crash
Somehow a Waymo was driving down a slow alley in Phoenix yet managed to hit a very large pole with enough speed to crumple the front end. The waiting passengers were not impressed and did not accept the offer of a replacement Waymo, one which got stuck at the crash scene.
Bloomberg Opinion – Musk Loses Autonomy in Race for Tesla Robotaxis
Opinion piece in Bloomberg on how Elon Musk's pursuit of robotaxis could be a huge setback for Tesla. Musk has placed more of Tesla’s fortunes in the hands of public officials and processes beyond the routinely accommodating environs of the boardroom and the stock market. Reality, and a lower stock price, will surely result.
Electrek – Elon Musk confirms his threat: give me 25% of Tesla or you don’t get AI and robotics
Article by Electrek on Elon Musk's latest extortion attempt. Given that Tesla is not an AI nor a robotics company, that Elon Musk knows nothing about either of those technologies, and that working on them would only distract Tesla from selling more cars, this is a prime opportunity for the Tesla Board to exercise their fiduciary responsibility and simply state "no thanks".
Tesla Fool Self Driving steers car right into a moving train
From Xitter, a tweet with a dashcam video showing a Tesla on FSD drive directly into a moving train. An excellent reminder that Tesla is not going to be putting out a robotaxi fleet given how weak their technology is.
Bloomberg – Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Struggled Soon After Leaving My Driveway
A Bloomberg journalist tries out Fake Self Driving for a month. Hilarity ensues. The author is not impressed.
Fortune – In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet
A detailed article by Fortune on what has happened to Cruise since their October 2nd crash. Though it appears that Fortune still believes that GM will do what is needed to make Cruise successful, when it is actually quite clear that Cruise is doomed.
Bloomberg – Tesla Must Face Suit Alleging Buyers Were Misled About Autopilot
Bloomberg article on how while Tesla is trying to get out of the lawsuit that it misled consumers on Tesla's self-driving capabilities, a California judge has ruled that some of the negligence and fraud claims can proceed.
