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New York has granted Waymo a driverless permit to test its robotaxis in the city, but there is a catch to this permission.
An awkward Tesla Robotaxi incident, where the “safety monitor” had to exit the vehicle in the middle of traffic ...
Elon Musk, who says he hopes to make Tesla robotaxis available to half of America by year’s end, is soliciting job applicants ...
Uber CEO offers insight on camera vs LiDAR debate in AVs, says safety needs superhuman levels to ensure smooth operations.
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Robotaxis are braving the notoriously hectic New York City streets, as Waymo wins coveted approval to test its autonomous ...
However, that's just part of Meta's AI story, as it recently hired a lot of top AI talent at its Superintelligence Labs division. The company is now restructuring the unit to focus on four areas: AI ...
Market growth is further propelled by deployment momentum: the global number of autonomous vehicle units rose from 16,960 in 2022 to 21,150 in 2023, with projections reaching 33,570 by 2025. The ...
Alphabet also has other attractive emerging businesses, such as Waymo.
The US auto safety authority complains that Tesla has repeatedly informed it far too late about crashes involving ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed back against Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi early Monday after the latter argued that autonomous vehicles need multiple sensors to achieve “superhuman levels of safety.” ...
The move is part of a broader trend of U.S. cities and states gradually opening their roads to autonomous vehicles.