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Tesla's Cybercab Has No Steering Wheel and No Backup Plan — Which Is Why Employees Ride First, Not You
3+ week, 2+ day ago (947+ words) NHTSA didn't approve Zoox against a finished safety standard for driverless vehicles....
Tesla's Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab Skipped a Step Every Other Robotaxi Took First
1+ week, 1+ day ago (987+ words) Tesla's Cybercab is now picking up paying riders in Austin with no steering wheel, no pedals, and no way for a passenger to grab the controls if something goes wrong. That's not actually the interesting part. Tesla has been building…...
TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1000+ words) Waymo gets a lot of attention for its fast-paced expansion. And for good reason; it seems like every week, the company's robotaxis are arriving in a new city, or expanding within an existing service area. We've known for a while…...
Elon Musk Says ‘Pretty Much’ After Meme Mocks Waymo’s Sensor-Packed Robotaxi, as Self-Driving Rivalry Heats Up
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (296+ words) Elon Musk agreed with a meme mocking the sensor-heavy appearance of Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo's robotaxis compared with Tesla Inc.'s Cybercab as competition between the two autonomous-driving approaches intensifies. The meme juxtaposed a sharply dressed figure with another covered…...
Waymo announces 2027 launch of driverless taxis in Munich
2+ week, 4+ day ago (251+ words) on Tuesday that it plans to launch a regular driverless transport service for the public in the southern...approvals. Germany laid the legislative groundwork for driverless road transport in everyday life back in 2021....
Volvo's New EVs Can Warn Each Other About Deer and Crashes. That's Not Even the Interesting Part
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (822+ words) A single connected car isn't a safety system. It's a witness with no one to call. Volvo's newest software update is really about giving that witness a phone line — and the fact that it took the better part of a…...
The Tesla Cybercab Is Ready To Be Unleashed Upon The Public
3+ week, 1+ day ago (676+ words) Tesla's strange little two-seat Cybercab has spent months appearing on public roads without actually carrying the people it was designed for, but now that could be about to change. Nearly two years after Tesla first revealed the purpose-built autonomous EV,…...
Rivian Vehicles Gain Waze Real-Time Driving Alerts
2+ week, 4+ day ago (470+ words) Yahoo Autos Rivian is bringing Waze's live driving alerts to the R1 and R2, adding real-time reports on police sightings and speed cameras to the automaker's proprietary navigation software. The feature arrives as part of the upcoming 2026.31 OTA update. It expands what…...
Tesla launches self-driving 'Cybercab' in Texas
1+ week, 2+ day ago (504+ words) passengers, it was specifically designed to provide driverless taxi services. CEO Elon Musk on Thursday posted...event attendees were the first to get rides in driverless Cybercabs, which will become available to the...
Octopus rolls out free app that lets US and Canadian EV drivers locate, pay at over 200,000 chargers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (511+ words) Octopus Energy has launched Octopus Charge, a free app designed to bring thousands of electric vehicle chargers together in one place across the United States and Canada. As Electrek reported, Octopus Energy's new Octopus Charge app for iOS and Android…...