Self-driving Car

Tesla's numbers disappoint again ... and the crowd goes wild ... again

Boy who's cried wolf on autonomous driving for years swears 'there's a damn wolf this time'

Offbeat30 Jan 2025 | 178

Honda upgrades robot brain into OS for future electric cars

Remember humanoid bot ‘Asimo’, which could kick balls and pour beer? It survives as EV software

AI + ML08 Jan 2025 | 11

US watchdog sticks probe into 2.6M Teslas over so-called Smart Summon crash reports

If it's spelled like an A.S.S, acts like an ass, maybe it's just...

Software08 Jan 2025 | 34

Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge

General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet

AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 20

Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs

Pictures The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history

AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 64

Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident

With two legal wins and one secret settlement on the books, the odds are in the automaker's favor

Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 132

The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD

Interview Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk

Security21 Oct 2024 | 113

Tesla FSD faces yet another probe after fatal low-visibility crash

Musk’s camera-only approach may not be a great idea after all?

Offbeat18 Oct 2024 | 124

Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies

It's easy being Elon

AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 38

Cruise fined $1.5M for failing to report right away its robo-car dragged a pedestrian

Code-controlled taxi biz tiptoes back with supervised driving in Phoenix and Dallas

AI + ML01 Oct 2024 | 12

Watch your mirrors: Tesla Cybertrucks have 'Full' 'Self Driving' now

As eggheads reckon Musk-mobiles need human interventions every 13 miles

AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 103

Kamala Harris campaign motorcade halted by confused robotaxis

Is this AI showing the would-be leader of the free world who's really the boss?

AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 105

In profitability push Mobileye dumps LiDAR, slashes workforce

But then again is LiDAR even on the radar in 2024?

Systems09 Sep 2024 | 13

Musk deflects sluggish Tesla car sales with Optimus optimism

Claims 'everyone on Earth is going to want one'

AI + ML24 Jul 2024 | 87

Waymo robotaxis set to cruise past red tape into LA and beyond

Google's self-driving cars can be tested in way mo' streets now

Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 9

Self-driving cars safer in sunlight, twilight another story

YMMV

AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 75

Waymo issues software fix after driverless taxi hits telephone pole

NHTSA already probing robo-car biz over crashes with 'clearly visible objects'

AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 27

Chinese car brands hit accelerator on road tests for level three autonomous driving tech

Tesla left out due to HD mapping roadblock

Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 6

Researchers warn robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and paint daubed on cardboard

Use Baidu's platform to show how the fusion of Lidar, radar, and cameras can be fooled by stuff from your kids' craft box

Research03 Jun 2024 | 34

UK law gives green light to self-driving cars from 2026

Underground tunnel testing now available for autonomous vehicles

Personal Tech22 May 2024 | 90

Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year

Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly?

Personal Tech17 May 2024 | 18

Tesla self-driving claims parked in court

Judge gives green light to lawsuit over autonomous ambitions

Personal Tech16 May 2024 | 73

US watchdog chases Waymo robocars to catch violations

Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws

Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28

Rear-end crashes prompt probe into Amazon's Zoox self-driving cars

Updated Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close

Personal Tech13 May 2024 | 58

GhostStripe attack haunts self-driving cars by making them ignore road signs

Cameras tested are specced for Baidu's Apollo

Research10 May 2024 | 51

Tesla maps out new territory in China with Baidu deal

U-turn necessary to comply with Chinese law

Personal Tech01 May 2024 | 10

Ford's BlueCruise driving assistant probed by US watchdog after deaths

Electric Mustang tech active right up to moment of crashes

Personal Tech29 Apr 2024 | 28

Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists

Strange tales from San Francisco

AI + ML23 Apr 2024 | 64

Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks

Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last

Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9

Nvidia lures senior autonomous car developer from China's Baidu

Jensen Huang's automotive engineering team has now pinched two significant Middle Kingdom talents

AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 7

Apple's Titan(ic) iCar project is dead as self-driving dream fails to materialize

Cruise is parked, Waymo is in trouble, Tesla's never quite nailed auto-autos so is China in the no-driver's seat?

AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 91

Boeing-backed air taxi upstart Wisk plans to fly you across town at UberX prices by 2030

Absence of an on-board pilot will lower costs and raise blood pressure, starting soon in Texas

Offbeat22 Feb 2024 | 57

Cruise swerves to hire safety guru after series of misadventures on the streets

Robocar company lost license to operate in California

AI + ML13 Feb 2024 | 6

Angry mob trashes and sets fire to Waymo self-driving car

San Franciscans turn on empty robotaxi without apparent motive

AI + ML12 Feb 2024 | 109

Missed expectations, zero guidance: Tesla's 'great year' was anything but

'This was a 101 how not to do a conference call,' says Wall St expert

AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 109

Mobileye shares crash after warning of automotive customers' chip glut

Self-driving car biz says Q1 orders to drop 50% amid widening operating losses

Systems05 Jan 2024 | 6

AMD talks up car chips it hopes will join you for a ride some time soon

+Comment 'New' ADAS and infotainment parts powered by older FPGAs and earlier cores. It's good enough for Tesla

Personal Tech04 Jan 2024 | 13

Driverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the law

Updated Arizona and Texas are ahead in terms of regulating autonomous vehicles

AI + ML02 Jan 2024 | 97

GM's Cruise sheds nine execs in the name of safety and integrity

Updated Robotaxi firm's car ran over a woman, then it allegedly misled investigators

Legal14 Dec 2023 | 14

Tesla to remote patch 2M vehicles after damning Autopilot safety probe

ADAS controls 'insufficient to prevent misuse,' US watchdog finds after 2-year investigation

Software13 Dec 2023 | 92

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Elon's biz claims 1st Amendment rights

Personal Tech11 Dec 2023 | 201

California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian

Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems

Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 49

US lawmakers have Chinese LiDAR on their threat-detection radar

Amid fears Beijing could harvest spatial data, letter suggests Huawei-style bans may be needed

Security30 Nov 2023 | 16

CEO of self-driving cab outfit Cruise parks his career

Updated After string of self-driving crashes, Kyle Vogt plans to 'spend time with my family and explore some new ideas'

AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 22

Cruise parks entire US fleet over safety fears

Roadblocks ahead as external watchdog hired for full audit of self-driving biz

Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 15

Cruise patches robo-taxi software to not drag humans across the road anymore

Self-driving car outfit also creates chief safety officer role. No wonder

AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 22

Cruise admits its driverless robo-taxis need a human at the remote-control wheel

Plus: Parent GM taps brakes on AI van production

AI + ML07 Nov 2023 | 9

Tesla swerves liability in Autopilot death lawsuit

Cali jury decides 9-3 Muskmobile maker wasn't at fault when Model 3 veered into tree and exploded

AI + ML31 Oct 2023 | 43

Cruise blues: Robotaxi firm pauses all driverless operations

Decision comes after CA revokes firm's driverless license and NHTSA signal an investigation

AI + ML27 Oct 2023 | 9

Red light for robotaxis as California suspends Cruise's license to self-drive

Updated Indefinite ban due to 'public safety'

Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 22

No more Mr Nice DoJ: Tesla gets subpoenas over self-driving software claims

Has someone been shooting their mouth off a little too much?

Personal Tech23 Oct 2023 | 35

'Recession-resilient' Tesla misses Q3 expectations, slows Mexico expansion

But look over there: A Cybertruck release date! Just please 'temper expectations,' Elon begs

Offbeat19 Oct 2023 | 57

US launches official probe into Cruise after pair of pedestrian accidents

Hey, we're still safer than human drivers, says GM outfit

AI + ML17 Oct 2023 | 7

Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her

Victim in critical condition

AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 123

California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks

Route 404: Human driver requirement not found

AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 60

Tesla's purported hands-free 'Elon mode' raises regulator's blood pressure

NHTSA is already worried Autopilot and FSD make drivers irresponsible – this surely won't help matters

Software30 Aug 2023 | 58