Tesla Says It Will Need To Build Micro Factories To Retrofit Old Cars For FSD

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Hardware 3-equipped cars will not be able to achieve Full Self-Driving without upgrades on ...
Hackaday

Self-Driving Cars And The Fight Over The Necessity Of Lidar

If you haven’t lived underneath a rock for the past decade or so, you will have seen a lot of arguing in the media by prominent figures and their respective fanbases about what the right sensor ...
The Atlantic

The American Car Industry Can’t Go On Like This

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley commuted in a car that wasn’t made by his own company. In an effort to scope ...
Electrek

Tesla changes ‘all cars have self-driving hardware’ wording as HW3 lawsuits loom

Tesla no longer promises that all of its cars have the hardware onboard for Full Self-Driving, instead now saying that its cars are “designed for autonomy.” The change happens amidst a growing call ...
EurekAlert!

Study: Small “edge” computer could help self-driving cars operate in rural areas

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As self-driving cars begin operating in cities, a question remains about how to make them work in rural areas with limited telecommunications infrastructure. New research from ...
The New York Times

Will the Self-Driving Cars of the Future Lower Emissions?

Waymo is rapidly expanding in the U.S. But experts say there are big questions about how self-driving cars could affect traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. By Claire Brown Call an Uber in Austin or ...
Electrek

Tesla quietly starts shipping Model Y with new AI4.5 computer

Tesla appears to be quietly rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving computer, with new Model Y owners discovering their vehicles are equipped with “Hardware 4.5”, or AI4.5 as it’s being ...
Microsoft

AI that drives change: Wayve rewrites self-driving playbook with deep learning in Azure

LONDON – On a more than typically busy Thursday morning in Soho, the gray December sky spat rain. Traffic was stop-and-go, but mainly stop. Even the sidewalks were congested. Finally, alongside the ...