Hacker News with Generative AI: Self-Driving Cars

Google's side business is beating Tesla at its main business (sherwood.news)
Google-parent-owned Waymo is now doing more than a quarter of a million paid passenger trips in its driverless vehicles each week, the company said in its earnings report yesterday. That’s a 5x increase from a year ago and 50,000 more per week than it was doing just two months ago.
Self-Driving Cars, Google, Tesla, Competition
5 points by xnx 15 hours ago | 2 comments
Alphabet CEO raises possibility of personal ownership of Waymo robotaxis (seekingalpha.com)
Alphabet, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Transportation
7 points by ryan_j_naughton 15 hours ago | 1 comments
US to loosen rules on self-driving vehicles criticised by Elon Musk (ft.com)
US to loosen rules on self-driving vehicles criticised by Elon Musk
Self-Driving Cars, Regulations, Elon Musk, Transportation
7 points by TheAlchemist 1 day ago | 0 comments
Musk's DOGE cuts staff at self-driving car watchdog (theregister.com)
In February, Elon's Musketeers at President Trump's cost-trimming DOGE operation turned up at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates the kinds of self-driving cars the billionaire wants to build.
Self-Driving Cars, Elon Musk, Technology, Regulation, Business
19 points by defrost 15 days ago | 0 comments
Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE (arstechnica.com)
Job cuts at the US traffic safety regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Government Regulation, Elon Musk, Transportation Safety
27 points by lastofthemojito 16 days ago | 3 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 16 days ago | 0 comments
Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists More Than Any Other (fuelarc.com)
Among motorcyclists, there is a persistent rumor that Teslas are dangerous to ride around in traffic. Whether it’s their silent electric drivetrain, extreme acceleration, or self-driving technology supposedly failing to see motorcycles, every biker seems to know someone who’s had a close call with a Tesla.
Self-Driving Cars, Traffic Safety, Motorcycles, Tesla
347 points by NotInOurNames 20 days ago | 423 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 28 days ago | 4 comments
Waymos crash less than human drivers (understandingai.org)
After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
Self-Driving Cars, AI, Transportation, Safety
345 points by rbanffy 30 days ago | 448 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 32 days ago | 7 comments
Tesla Full Self-Driving is stagnating after Elon said it is going exponential (electrek.co)
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) is stagnating with no real improvement in miles between disengagement in months just as CEO Elon Musk said it is going exponential.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Artificial Intelligence, Technology
17 points by zfg 33 days ago | 8 comments
Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley (theverge.com)
Waymo is kicking off the process of making its robotaxi service in Silicon Valley commercially available to everyone.
Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Transportation, Silicon Valley
13 points by mfiguiere 46 days ago | 3 comments
Tesla hit with class action about its self-driving claims, hardware 3 computer (electrek.co)
Tesla is hit with a fresh class action lawsuit about the performance and claims of its self-driving and Autopilot systems as well as its “hardware 3 computer.”
Tesla, Lawsuits, Self-Driving Cars, Technology
8 points by zfg 57 days ago | 0 comments
BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free (asiafinancial.com)
China’s biggest carmaker BYD has shaken up the electric vehicle industry yet again this week after announcing it will offer cutting-edge self-driving systems on all its vehicles — including its cheapest Seagull model — for free.
Electric Vehicles, Self-Driving Cars, China, BYD
185 points by senti_sentient 73 days ago | 310 comments
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer 'God's Eye' self-driving system on all models (ft.com)
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models
Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles, China, Technology, BYD
6 points by KolmogorovComp 73 days ago | 2 comments
Elon Musk is about to masterfully move the goalpost on Tesla Full Self-Driving (electrek.co)
Elon Musk is about to move the goalpost on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program in a masterful way that will allow him to claim a win.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Elon Musk, Technology, Business
7 points by toomuchtodo 74 days ago | 0 comments
China's BYD Adding 'High-Level' Self-Driving to Its Budget $10K Electric Car (gizmodo.com)
Tesla’s famously sky-high market valuation is based in part on the premise that it is not actually a car company at all, but an AI and robotics company.
China, Electric Vehicles, Self-Driving Cars, Technology
6 points by croes 74 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese EV leader BYD to offer 'God's Eye' self-driving system on all models (ft.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles, China, Technology, Automotive
11 points by KnuthIsGod 74 days ago | 4 comments
Tesla Cybertruck Crash on Full Self-Driving v13 (electrek.co)
A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Technology
14 points by jijojv 75 days ago | 6 comments
Waymo drives through sinkhole in San Francisco during storm [video] (youtube.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Weather, San Francisco, Technology
16 points by lopkeny12ko 80 days ago | 6 comments
Elon Musk reveals Elon Musk was wrong about Full Self-Driving (techcrunch.com)
For nearly nine years, Elon Musk has promised Tesla vehicles had the hardware needed to support a self-driving car. This week, he made his latest admission that many are not.
Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Elon Musk, Technology
8 points by fortran77 85 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk admits that Tesla will have to replace its HW3 self-driving computers (electrek.co)
Elon Musk finally admits that Tesla will have to replace its HW3 self-driving computers. He said it would be difficult, but Tesla would do it.
Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Technology, Hardware
8 points by belter 86 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk admits that Tesla will have to replace its HW3 self-driving computers (electrek.co)
Elon Musk finally admits that Tesla will have to replace its HW3 self-driving computers. He said it would be difficult, but Tesla would do it.
Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Technology, Elon Musk
9 points by zfg 86 days ago | 1 comments
Elon Musk claims Tesla will launch a self-driving service in Austin in June (techcrunch.com)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday his company will launch a paid ride-hailing robotaxi service in Austin, Texas using its own fleet vehicles this coming June — the latest in a long line of sky-high promises he has yet to meet about autonomy.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Transportation, Austin, Texas
10 points by sdhillon 86 days ago | 12 comments
Tesla refuses to do the right thing about 'Full Self-Driving' transfers (electrek.co)
Tesla is refusing to do the right thing about ‘Full Self-Driving’ package transfers and instead holds its own incapacity to deliver the package over the head of its owners.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Consumer Issues, Business
8 points by zfg 90 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla has a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it's not even for HW3 cars (electrek.co)
According to a well-known Tesla hacker, Tesla has designed a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Automotive
4 points by zfg 91 days ago | 0 comments
US safety regulators expand Ford hands-free driving tech investigation (techcrunch.com)
A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued.
Automotive Safety, Self-Driving Cars, Ford, Technology, Regulation
14 points by ipster_io 95 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk misrepresents Tesla self-driving data (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, Self-Driving Cars, Artificial Intelligence, Technology
21 points by panarky 102 days ago | 7 comments
Tesla issues recall on over 200,000 vehicles for self-driving computer failure (electrek.co)
Tesla has officially issued a recall on over 200,000 vehicles in the US over the self-driving computer inside the vehicle short-circuiting and failing to work.
Tesla, Automotive, Self-Driving Cars, Recalls
8 points by zfg 105 days ago | 0 comments
Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (bbc.com)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.
Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Accidents, Arizona
74 points by ksec 107 days ago | 138 comments