Hacker News with Generative AI: Autonomous Vehicles

Commercial driverless freight trucking begins in Texas (newatlas.com)
The Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle tech startup has just launched its self-driving trucking service in Texas, starting with deliveries between Dallas and Houston.

Autonomous Vehicles, Trucking, Texas, Logistics

9 points by geox 7 days ago | 1 comments

New Study: Waymo is reducing serious crashes and making streets safer (waymo.com)
The path to Vision Zero requires reducing severe crashes and improving the safety of those most at risk. Our latest research paper shows that the Waymo Driver is making significant strides in both areas. By reducing the most dangerous crashes and providing better protection for pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users, Waymo is making streets safer in cities where it operates.

Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Urban Planning

384 points by prossercj 8 days ago | 402 comments

Waymo reports 250k paid robotaxi rides per week (cnbc.com)

Waymo, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Technology, Business

5 points by standardUser 14 days ago | 1 comments

Trump updates Biden’s robo-car crash reporting rule to benefit Tesla (theverge.com)
In a surprise move, President Trump’s transportation department has decided to keep the Biden-era rule requiring automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. But they’re making a few changes that are likely to have a big impact on one company.

Politics, Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Tesla

21 points by ra7 14 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo reports more than 250k rides per week (cnbc.com)
Alphabet reported Thursday that Waymo, its autonomous vehicle unit, is now delivering more than 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S.

Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Technology, Business, Alphabet

8 points by sashank_1509 14 days ago | 1 comments

Waymo reports 250k paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S. (cnbc.com)

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Transportation, Business

10 points by melling 14 days ago | 1 comments

Waymo's Quickly Taking More Market Share Than I Expected (cleantechnica.com)
To be honest, I hadn’t thought a lot about Waymo’s market share in the cities it operates in. I just figured it’s still fairly small and niche as it works hard to improve its software and hardware. However, it turns out Waymo is getting a lot more business than I expected.

Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Technology, Business

12 points by xbmcuser 24 days ago | 3 comments

Chinese Robotaxis Have Government Black Boxes, Approach U.S. Quality (forbes.com)
Robotaxi development is speeding at a fast pace in China, but we don’t hear much about it in the USA, where the news focuses mostly on Waymo, with a bit about Zoox, Motional, May, trucking projects and other domestic players.

China, Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Government Regulations

7 points by mhb 24 days ago | 0 comments

Doge's job cuts at US traffic safety regulator hit self-drive experts (ft.com)
Doge’s job cuts at US traffic safety regulator hit self-drive experts

Self-Driving Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Regulatory Issues, Layoffs, Technology

7 points by JumpCrisscross 29 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, sell ads (techcrunch.com)
Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

Privacy, Generative AI, Autonomous Vehicles, Advertising

10 points by clumsysmurf 32 days ago | 1 comments

Collectively, the Tesla fleet has driven more than 3.6B miles on FSD (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Statistics

4 points by lopkeny12ko 41 days ago | 4 comments

Tesla drops 'FSD' from name of its driver-assist tech in China (electrek.co)
After a rocky rollout of its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system in China, Tesla is dropping “FSD” from the name of the system while it faces increased scrutiny from regulators.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, China, Regulation, Technology

8 points by zfg 44 days ago | 2 comments

Next stop for Waymo One: Washington, D.C (waymo.com)
It’s official: Waymo One, the world’s leading fully autonomous ride-hailing service, will be ready for riders in the nation’s capital on the Waymo One app in 2026.

Self-Driving Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Washington D.C., Transportation, Technology

30 points by ra7 45 days ago | 7 comments

Tesla Autopilot Car Drove Through a Giant Photo of a Road (petapixel.com)
Famous YouTube creator and former NASA engineer Mark Rober, who provides his 65 million subscribers with scientific entertainment videos, put Tesla’s vision-based safety features up against a LiDAR system, and the results, although arguably flawed, highlight the limitations of vision-based autonomous vehicle systems.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision

9 points by dxs 52 days ago | 2 comments

Waymo's milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached (techcrunch.com)
Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis.

Autonomous Vehicles, San Francisco, Transportation, Technology, Permits

8 points by jumarm 52 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla drives into Wile E. Coyote fake road wall in camera vs. Lidar test (electrek.co)
Tesla Autopilot drove into Wile E. Coyote-style fake road wall in the middle of the road in a camera versus lidar test.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Lidar, Camera Technology, Safety

158 points by zfg 54 days ago | 245 comments

Inside Waymo's Expansion: Cars, New Depots, and What's Next (autonomycentral.net)
A couple of months ago, Waymo content creator JJRicks uploaded a video showcasing a factory he discovered, capturing close-up ground-level footage of the site. This factory turned out to be an assembly plant from Magna, where Waymos are constructed.

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Business, Transportation

10 points by lawrenceyan 59 days ago | 1 comments

VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway (arstechnica.com)
A taxi service that only operates in good weather isn't a good taxi service.

Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Norway, Winter Testing

5 points by AndrewDucker 64 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo's Expansion: Cars, New Depots, and What's Next (autonomycentral.net)
A couple of months ago, Waymo content creator JJRicks uploaded a video showcasing a factory he discovered, capturing close-up ground-level footage of the site. This factory turned out to be an assembly plant from Magna, where Waymos are constructed.

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Business, Transportation

12 points by xnx 64 days ago | 0 comments

Ride into the Future with Waymo on Uber in Austin (uber.com)
Starting today, Austin riders can be matched with a Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) on the Uber app, making your next trip even more special.

Autonomous Vehicles, Ride-Hailing, Austin, Partnerships

43 points by ChrisArchitect 66 days ago | 92 comments

Uber users in Austin are getting matched with Waymo robotaxis (techcrunch.com)
Uber users in Austin now have a choice between a Waymo robotaxi and a human driver.

Autonomous Vehicles, Ride-Sharing, Austin, Technology, Transportation

41 points by ra7 66 days ago | 31 comments

Tesla 'Full Self-Driving' Isn't Called That in China (thedrive.com)
Tesla offers an advanced driver assistance feature in many parts of the world called Full Self-Driving. As people who follow Tesla know, the system doesn’t achieve full self-driving; it’s an SAE Level 2 technology that requires, in Tesla’s own words, “that the driver pay attention to the road, their surroundings, and other road users,” with “constant monitoring” necessary.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, China, Technology

9 points by zfg 72 days ago | 3 comments

Saronic raises $600M in Series C to mass-produce autonomous warships (techcrunch.com)
Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from its last round.

Robotics, Defense, Startups, Funding, Autonomous Vehicles

8 points by smcin 78 days ago | 7 comments

Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla' (thedrive.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck owner is praising the automaker for the performance of his electric pickup after its Full Self-Driving system drove it into a utility pole in Reno, Nevada.

Autonomous Vehicles, Tesla, Electric Vehicles

207 points by computerliker 87 days ago | 219 comments

GM cuts 50% of Cruise staff after ending robotaxi business (cnbc.com)

GM, Layoffs, Autonomous Vehicles, Business

15 points by mfiguiere 94 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo – Driverless in Atlanta (theverge.com)
Waymo just flipped the switch from supervised to unsupervised in Atlanta, where it aims to eventually launch a commercial robotaxi service later this year through an exclusive partnership with Uber.

Autonomous Vehicles, Atlanta, Uber, Transportation, Technology

5 points by sandesh247 98 days ago | 0 comments

Could self-driving buses bring vehicle autonomy home? (ieee.org)
In the race to develop autonomous vehicle technology, some companies are steering away from robotaxis to explore a different avenue: driverless buses.

Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Technology

15 points by rbanffy 105 days ago | 109 comments

Two auto-braking systems can't see people in reflective garb: report (streetsblog.org)
Pedestrians are often advised to wear reflective strips on their clothing so that car drivers can see them, but a new report says that such safety precautions are useless in the eyes of some automatic braking systems.

Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Technology, Transportation

61 points by Kye 115 days ago | 84 comments

Musk Distorts Data: Tesla Still Years from Full Self-Driving (electrek.co)
Elon Musk is praising data that he claims shows Tesla is on the verge of achieving unsupervised Full Self-Driving, when in fact, it shows it is still years away and he is misrepresenting it.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Misinformation

21 points by belter 115 days ago | 19 comments

Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles (bbc.co.uk)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Accidents, Transportation

67 points by whyleyc 121 days ago | 87 comments