A Cruise-on-Cruise Crash Reveals the Hardest Thing About Self-Driving Tech
STOP ME IF you’ve heard this one before. On June 11, a self-driving Cruise Chevrolet Bolt had just made a left onto San Francisco’s Bryant Street, right near the General Motors-owned company’s garage. Then, whoops: Another self-driving Cruise, this one being driven by...
Autonomous Vehicle Might Drive Cities to Financial Ruin
IN ANN ARBOR, Michigan, last week, 125 mostly white, mostly male, business-card-bearing attendees crowded into a brightly lit ballroom to consider "mobility." That’s the buzzword for a hazy vision of how tech in all forms—including smartphones, credit cards,...
Battery in Fatal Florida Tesla Crash Reignited Twice: NTSB Report
A Tesla Inc Model S involved in a May 8 fatal high-speed crash in Florida reignited twice after firefighters extinguished a fire in the electric vehicle, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report on Tuesday. The report said the...
Uber Driver Was Watching Video Before Fatal Self-driving Crash, Police Say
Police in Tempe, Ariz., said evidence showed the safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a TV show on her phone until about the time of a fatal accident in March, deeming the crash "entirely avoidable." A 318-page report from...
Study Questions Massive Investments in AVs
Billions of dollars will be lost by many automakers that continue to invest in autonomous and electric vehicles while consumer buy-in remains low, a study from consulting firm AlixPartners says. "The AlixPartners Global Automotive Outlook: What's Ahead for the...