As Self-Driving Cars Stall, Players Revive an Old Approach
ALONG WITH ROBOT butlers, billboard-sized TVs, and inadequately sanitized wearables being tried on by untold hordes, self-driving demonstrations have become a staple of CES. As the show takes over Las Vegas, the Strip, hotel parking lots, and side streets play host to...
Urgency in Self-driving Cars Leads to Bad Decisions, Inrix’s Ash says
Many cities are racing to the autonomous vehicle finish line, but for self-driving vehicle technology to advance, there must be a shift in the conversation. That's Avery Ash's take. Ash is head of autonomous mobility for Inrix, a connected vehicle data and analytics...
The Family of a Teenager killed in a 116 mph Tesla Crash is Suing the Company, Alleging it Makes ‘unreasonably dangerous’ Cars
The high-speed crash that killed two teenagers in a Tesla Model S last May could have been prevented, the family of one victim alleged in a new lawsuit. Parents of passenger Edgar Monserratt Martinez alleged a Tesla worker removed a speed governor from the car without...
How Robo Cars Handle the Frustratingly Human Act of Merging
No, self-driving cars aren’t here yet. But they are roaming a few select sections of American road. Waymo just launched a limited service in metro Phoenix (albeit with a safety driver behind the wheel); General Motors’ Cruise is testingin San Francisco; Ford is...
The Wired Guide to Self-Driving Cars
N THE PAST five years, autonomous driving has gone from “maybe possible” to “definitely possible” to “inevitable” to “how did anyone ever think this wasn’t inevitable?” to "now commercially available." In December 2018, Waymo, the company that emerged from Google’s...