#driverless
#elonmusk #musk #tesla #cars #transport #autonomouscars #driverlesscars #usa #driverless #autonomous #vehicles #evs #electricvehicles #electriccars
I hope Elon Musk is a Guardian reader, as this is pretty horrific. Forget Mars and fix your cars…
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing
In this week's issue we featured and article about #driverless tech being applied to buses instead of cars. Who knows when the public would feel safe with this, but it seems better than clogging up our street with selfdriving cars. #urbanism+
Would you be willing to ride in an autonomous bus?
This about sums up 2025!
Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles
"Mike Johns boarded a #driverless #Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.
"He filmed the moment he was trapped in the vehicle, unable to stop the car or get help."
https://bbc.com/news/videos/c70e2g09ng9o
#DriverlessCars #NoEscape
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I mean, really. Why not just turn all our #highways into supply delivery routes for #driverless trucks, and then build a ton of bike trails. (I'm halfway joking, but also not...)
For a number of reasons, this seems like a good time and good reason to just stop driving a car altogether and get on a bike. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/california-dmv-driverless-trucks/3639336/
#driverless #cars #bikes
It looks like they are playing musical chairs.
Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other
We are living in the future we deserve, maybe. I dunno.
"A South Market community is frustrated as [driverless] Waymo cars keep convening and honking late at night."
Ride-hailing and taxi drivers are among the first workers in the world to face the threat of job loss from artificial intelligence, and thousands of robotaxis are hitting Chinese streets, economists and industry experts said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/09/asia-pacific/society/china-robotaxi-job-threat/ #asiapacific #society #china #cars #jobs #virtualreality #selfdriving #ai #tech #driverless #robotaxis #apollogo
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/11/24069251/waymo-driverless-taxi-fire-vandalized-video-san-francisco-china-town
❝A person jumped on the hood of a #Waymo #driverless #taxi and smashed its windshield in #SanFrancisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the #car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on #fire.❞
“Automated #driving has #safety-of-life implications not only for the passengers of #driverless vehicles but also for everybody else who shares the road”
“the #software that drives vehicles will need to operate to an unprecedentedly high level of dependability”
“progress can still be made in implementing elementary requirements at the state or (preferably) national level to improve safety”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-smarter-driverless-vehicle-regulations-more-urgently-than-we-need-smarter-ai/ #autonomousvehicles #selfdriving #artificialintelligence #AVs #AI #regulation
“#California law has not caught up to the #cars, even though they are already on the road, say public #safety agencies and experts”
“#Driverless #cars’ exemption from #traffic citations highlights concerns experts have that #laws have been slow to catch up to #driverless #technology”
“It’s not just about #traffic tickets, but how we will regulate #autonomousvehicles more broadly” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/04/self-driving-cars-exempt-traffic-tickets-san-francisco-autonomous-vehicle #AVs #selfdriving
‘Alain Kornhauser, an engineering professor at Princeton, told me that the car has been so successful because it is a “DIY, Home Depot solution” to transportation—you pay upfront, and then you can drive yourself anywhere. But what about those who can’t afford a car? Or are too young to drive? Or have a disability? “What about those folks? Don’t they deserve mobility too?” he said.’ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/driverless-taxis-waymo-cruise/675161/ #driverless #SanFrancisco #disabilities
@fulelo fascinating story, because however things work out specifically in #SF, it feels inevitable to me that #driverless cars will eventually be introduced elsewhere in some shape or form.
So one week in & already the number of #driverless taxis in #SanFranciso has been halved after a taxi collided with an emergency vehicle & the taxi passenger had to be taken to hospital.
The (temporary) reduction will last until an investigation determines how the crash happened & the City has had some reassurance about safety measures.
Optimists will say look at the early history of the railways... this is just a blip;
Pessimists will be leaning back to say 'told you so'.
jk… But I somehow turned into the lede on an article about #driverless vehicles
A *different* driverless car stuck in the middle of the same intersection.
Self-driving cars, apparently having trouble with basic rules of the road tonight in Hayes Valley. This seems… bad?
Since moving back to the Bay Area in 2017, I’ve said that living here often feels like living a few years in the future, and I would prefer not to.