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Self-Driving Vehicles Are Here—If You Know Where to Look
The self-driving car has come to seem like an idea that’s always a few years away from reality. But perhaps…
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Why Tesla Is Designing Chips to Train Its Self-Driving Tech
Tesla makes cars. Now, it’s also the latest company to seek an edge in artificial intelligence by making its own…
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Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?
The Tesla recruitment presentation ended Thursday night when a person in a tight white suit, their head encased in black,…
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The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped emergency…
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Trucks Move Past Cars on the Road to Autonomy
But these days, trucks look like a more appealing bet. The American Trucking Association says shippers paid $791 billion to…
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Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Like Dogecoin devotees, the mayor of Reno, and the leaders of El Salvador, Aldo Baoicchi is convinced cryptocurrency is the…
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America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
In 2016, Columbus, Ohio, beat out 77 other small and midsize US cities for a pot of $50 million that…
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When Driving Is (Partially) Automated, People Drive More
Researchers, industry executives, and government officials have long puzzled over how self-driving cars might change the planet. If you could…
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Waymo Rescues Autonomous Taxi Stumped by Traffic Cones
Photo: Glenn Chapman (Getty Images) The taxi hurt itself in confusion! A comedy of errors unfolded after one of Waymo’s…
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A Fatal Crash Renews Concerns Over Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ Claim
Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—the government agency that oversees car safety—and the National Transportation Safety Board—an independent agency…
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