City & State New York

Opinion: I was mayor when self-driving cars came to Austin. Here’s what New York should know.

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced a proposal to bring autonomous vehicles to communities across New York. I served as the mayor of Austin, Texas, when our city became the Kitty Hawk of driverless ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s Teamsters call for Waymo ban, saying driverless cars threaten safety and jobs

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Teamsters of California is calling for the suspension of Waymo’s operations in the state amid growing safety ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Missouri advances bill for self-driving car proposal

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Legislation that would allow fully driverless cars and taxis onto Missouri roads advanced out of a House committee last week, sparking concerns of public safety, job loss, and ...
Electrek

Tesla didn’t remove the Robotaxi ‘safety monitor’ – it just moved them to a trailing car

Earlier today, Elon Musk announced on X that Tesla had “just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car.” Tesla’s stock immediately jumped over 4% on the news. Headlines ...
AOL

Cars travelling along bypass damaged by potholes

Several cars were damaged after drivers inadvertently went through a series of potholes on a major road. Motorist Robert Deady, 46, said he "was not expecting to hit a succession of potholes" on the ...
Hosted on MSN

Why driverless cars treat human drivers as the biggest hazard

Driverless cars are not simply better drivers — they operate under completely different rules. By eliminating reaction delays, hesitation, and miscommunication, autonomous vehicles can coordinate ...
The Conversation

The next generation of driverless cars will have to think about what’s on the road, not just see it

Daniel Zhou Hao does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
AOL

This 'driverless car' startup is doing the one thing robotaxi companies don't want to be caught doing

Vay calls itself a "driverless car" rental service that wants to be cheaper than hailing an Uber. The startup uses remote driving to deliver its cars to customers without a human inside. Vay CEO ...
ExtremeTech

Elon Musk Says X Will Open-Source the Code That Determines Which Posts You See

If X follows through, it would be the first major social platform to regularly publish the complete code behind its algorithm. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...
TechCrunch

Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service

Nearly two years ago, Motional was at an autonomous vehicle crossroads. The company, born from a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, had already missed a deadline to launch ...
Wired

Where Are All the New Cars?

New cars were scant at CES this year, largely because the center of gravity for the auto world has moved—technologically and geographically—to China. Hyundai's main-stage reveal was not a car but a ...