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Ridgewood NJ, The self-driving rivalry just hit a critical new gear. Yesterday, Amazon-owned Zoox officially launched its first public robotaxi rides in San Francisco, positioning itself as a direct and distinct competitor to Alphabet-owned Waymo.
Continue reading Robotaxi War Erupts: Amazon’s Zoox Challenges Waymo’s Dominance
Robots are Delivering Dinner! DoorDash Taps Waymo’s Driverless Jaguar SUVs for Next-Level Delivery in Phoenix
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PHOENIX, AZ – Your next delivery driver might not be a person—it could be a self-driving car. DoorDash has announced an innovative partnership with Waymo that integrates Waymo’s autonomous vehicles, specifically their driverless Jaguar I-PACE SUVs, into the DoorDash delivery fleet, starting right here in Phoenix.
This collaboration isn’t just a pilot program; it’s a major step toward making autonomous delivery a scalable reality for millions of customers.
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Ridgewood NJ, Last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally revealed the long-anticipated robotaxi—a futuristic, fully driverless vehicle named the Cybercab. With a price tag of $30,000, the Cybercab marks a significant step toward Tesla’s vision of autonomous driving. The sleek vehicle, notably lacking pedals and a steering wheel, is set to go into production by 2027.
Continue reading Elon Musk Unveils Tesla’s $30K Driverless Robotaxi, the Cybercab
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Ridgewood NJ, Waymo and Cruise have driven a combined total of over 8 million driverless miles. The two companies have reported 102 crashes, with most of the crashes being low-speed collisions that did not pose a serious safety risk and a large majority being the fault of the other driver. It will still take hundreds of millions more driverless miles to answer the question of whether driverless cars are safer than human drivers, but the evidence is starting to pile up.
Continue reading The Rise of the Robotaxis: Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?
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Trenton NJ, Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean said a report from the New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle Task Force has mapped the road ahead for bringing driverless vehicles to New Jersey.
Continue reading New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle Task Force Takes on Self Driving Cars
By TOM KRISHER, AP AUTO WRITER
DETROIT — Jul 12, 2016, 4:45 PM ET
Federal investigators looking into electric car maker Tesla Motors’ Autopilot system after a fatal crash in Florida are zeroing in on the limitations of the system and how it reacts when obstacles cross its path.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday posted a nine-page letter seeking information from Tesla about Autopilot and why it failed to detect a tractor-trailer that crossed in front of a Model S sedan May 7 in Williston, Florida.
Much of the letter seeks information on how the system works at intersections with crossing traffic, but it also asks Tesla to describe how the system detects “compromised or degraded” signals from cameras and other sensors and how such problems are communicated to drivers.
The crash in Williston killed former Navy Seal Joshua Brown, 40, of Canton, Ohio. Tesla, which collects data from its cars via the Internet, says the cameras on Brown’s Model S sedan failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky and the car didn’t automatically brake.
The safety agency also asked Tesla for its reconstruction of the Brown crash, and for details of all known crashes, consumer complaints and lawsuits filed or settled because the Autopilot system didn’t brake as expected.
NHTSA said Tesla must comply with its request by Aug. 26 or face penalties of up to $21,000 per day, to a maximum of $105 million.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/feds-seek-autopilot-data-tesla-crash-probe-40515954
