Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial
Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial

Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over a 2023 crash in which a Model S on Autopilot slammed into a parked fire truck, killing the driver and seriously injuring his brother.

The confidential settlement, filed in California federal court, let…

Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test
Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing-door sporting, steering-wheel-free, two-seaters as the future of Tesla’s autonomy efforts, the company is finally putting them into operation as part of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. Public rides are here, and as Musk fans […]

Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses
Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses

Tesla’s abrupt decision to kill its Solar Roof has left the third-party contractors who sold and installed the product absorbing the fallout — including some who told Electrek they sank hundreds of thousands of dollars into the program and now have lit…

Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren’t possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren’t safe enough.

Waymo opens robotaxi rides to the public in 3 new cities, now 14 total
Waymo opens robotaxi rides to the public in 3 new cities, now 14 total

Waymo opened its driverless ride-hailing service to the general public in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa on Monday, bringing the Alphabet-owned company to 14 US cities.

Tens of thousands of people in each market had already signed up before the doors …

Tesla confirms Full Self-Driving was active in a crash that killed a mother of five
Tesla confirms Full Self-Driving was active in a crash that killed a mother of five

A Tesla Model Y turning left at an intersection collided with a pickup truck in Batavia, Illinois, killing a passenger in the Tesla — Maggie Espinosa, 37, a teacher and mother of five. It was reported as an ordinary intersection crash.

But Electrek …

Tracking the fatal Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hidden in its data
Tracking the fatal Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hidden in its data

Tesla reports its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” crashes to the federal government, as it’s required to — and then blacks out almost everything in those reports, so the public never learns what happened in those crashes. Tesla always end up blaming …

A second Tesla driver died stopped on a freeway with Autopilot/Self-Driving on
A second Tesla driver died stopped on a freeway with Autopilot/Self-Driving on

Weeks after a Tesla Model 3 sat stopped in a live Florida interstate lane and its driver was killed, it happened again — a 2020 Model 3, stopped dead on a Phoenix-area freeway at 3 a.m., rear-ended by a pickup, its driver dead at the scene.

And as i…

Tesla driver who died when his car stopped on highway was using FSD/Autopilot
Tesla driver who died when his car stopped on highway was using FSD/Autopilot

A 43-year-old man died when his Tesla Model 3, stopped in a live lane of Interstate 4, was rear-ended by a semi. Florida troopers said they couldn’t explain why the car was stopped in the middle of the highway.

Tesla’s own data can explain it, the c…

Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in strange fatal crash
Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in strange fatal crash

Tesla told federal regulators that its driver-assist system was “verified engaged” when a Model 3 crashed at 104 mph and killed its driver in Clute, Texas — a detail that never appeared in any police statement or news report about the crash, which happ…