Watch Tesla driver plea with police after FSD drove 64 mph in a 45
Watch Tesla driver plea with police after FSD drove 64 mph in a 45

A police department in Parker, Colorado, pulled over a Tesla going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone whose driver insisted they weren’t responsible, because the car was running “Full Self-Driving.”
Of course, Tesla will never take responsibility for that inciden…

Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10
Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10

Amazon’s Zoox will begin charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Fares will be calculated from a base price plus distance and time, with destination fees for trips to and from the airport. Zoox said pr…

Uber says it’s building “the world’s largest platform for autonomous vehicles.” Its stock fell anyway.
Uber says it’s building “the world’s largest platform for autonomous vehicles.” Its stock fell anyway.

Uber wants to own the robotaxi era without building the cars. “Building a great autonomous driver is one part of building a successful autonomous business,” chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told analysts on Wednesday. He then listed the rest: dispatch…

Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud
Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud

Nvidia wants self-driving cars to explain themselves. The company has released Alpamayo 2 Super, an open AI model for robotaxis that does not just plan a route but reasons about why, and it is now available for commercial use. The model is Nvidia’s pit…

Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short

Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov laid out the clearest technical case yet for why cameras alone can’t take a self-driving system to full autonomy, arguing that “weak sensing” hits a safety ceiling long before it reaches superhuman performance.
He never said …

Tesla whistleblower describes dangerous understaffing while testing Full Self-Driving in Houston
Tesla whistleblower describes dangerous understaffing while testing Full Self-Driving in Houston

Javier Medrano, a former Tesla fleet operations manager, filed a federal lawsuit alleging the company turned its Houston Full Self-Driving test fleet into 24/7 “rolling hazards” by aggressively scaling operations without adequate safety oversight. Medr…

Amazon’s Zoox just won the first US OK to charge for rides in a no-wheel robotaxi
Amazon’s Zoox just won the first US OK to charge for rides in a no-wheel robotaxi

Amazon’s Zoox has become the first company allowed to charge for rides in a robotaxi that has no steering wheel and no pedals. US regulators granted the exemption on Wednesday. It is a first for the driverless-car industry. The clearance came from the …

BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm
BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm

BMW had two messages for staff this week. It is cutting about 8,000 jobs. And it is handing the brains of its future cars to Qualcomm for the next decade. The German carmaker will shed the roles in Germany by the end of 2027 through a voluntary redunda…

Waymo keeps parking in tow-away zones in Austin. It has been fined 64 times.
Waymo keeps parking in tow-away zones in Austin. It has been fined 64 times.

Waymo’s robotaxis have accumulated 83 parking citations and $9,325 in fines in Austin since the fleet arrived in 2024, according to city records obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The company has paid most of them. The more revealing number is 64: th…

Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hit record 207 in a single month
Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hit record 207 in a single month

Tesla reported 207 crashes involving its driver-assist systems in a single month — the most it has ever logged. The figure comes from Tesla’s own crash reports to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The record month lands as Tes…