The Latest Breaking News on Autonomous Vehicles

World’s first self-driving bus service set to launch next month

The buses will begin taking passengers across the Forth bridge - with capacity for 10,000 journeys a week

Insider UK · Apr 4, 2023

'World's first self-driving bus' to carry public on Scots route from next month

Stagecoach announced the ground-breaking scheme over the Forth Road Bridge will launch on May 15.

Daily Record · Apr 4, 2023

Tesla FSD Updates Appear To Be Huge Advances In Safety, Functionality

Since Tesla released version 11 of its FSD beta software, which moved to the single stack, there have been many quick updates with loads of new functionality.

InsideEVs · Apr 3, 2023

Cruise Chevy Bolt Rear-Ends Municipal Bus, The Company Responds

Just two days before this crash, a pair of Cruise’s robotaxis got tangled in caution tape and downed wires after a recent storm that hit San Francisco, blocking traffic and looking like “flies in sticky traps.”

InsideEVs · Mar 27, 2023

Cruise Robotaxis Spotted Tangled In Caution Tape And Downed Wires After SF Storm

The pair of robotaxis was spotted by Twitter user John-Philip, who said that the autonomous Chevy Bolts didn’t detect the caution tape blocking a street.

InsideEVs · Mar 24, 2023

Deaths, burns, brain injuries, broken limbs: The human cost of distracted driving is mounting

Highway fatalities are on the rise again — 46,000 in the U.S. in 2022, up 22%, according to numbers released last week. How many of those deaths involved distracted driving?

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Uber offers drivers free childcare

Opportunities for the highest earnings are usually at weekends and evenings, but childcare commitments prevent some parents from working then.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Next-Gen EV To Run Mostly In Autonomous Mode

Musk has been promising self-driving Teslas for years, and some say they've already arrived, but they're not autonomous. Will the next-gen EV be that different?

InsideEVs · Mar 8, 2023

Tesla's Impact On Evolution of Intelligent EVs And Their Supply Chains

The concept of vehicles being intelligent devices is relatively new, and it has largely come as a result of Tesla’s contributions to the auto industry.

InsideEVs · Mar 8, 2023

Tesla that hit firetruck was using automated driving system

A Tesla that crashed into a firetruck in California last month was operating on one of the company’s automated driving systems, U.S. safety regulators said Wednesday

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023