Hacker News with Generative AI: Self-Driving Cars

There's a Simple Pattern to Elon Musk's Broken Promises (wired.com)
“My predictions about achieving full self-driving have been optimistic in the past,” Musk admitted to investors in 2023. “I’m the boy who cried FSD.
Elon Musk, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Business
16 points by throw0101d 156 days ago | 1 comments
Tesla 2025 model 3 on 13.2.8 driving off the road and crashing into a tree (reddit.com)
Tesla 2025 model 3 on 13.2.8 driving off the road and crashing into a tree.
Tesla, Automotive Accidents, Self-Driving Cars
21 points by Jordrok 161 days ago | 4 comments
Tesla's head of self-driving admits 'lagging a couple years' behind Waymo (electrek.co)
Tesla’s head of self-driving has admitted that the automaker’s autonomous program is lagging “a couple years” behind Waymo, but he believes the cost advantage will enable it to scale faster.
Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Waymo, Technology, Competition
10 points by NullHypothesist 162 days ago | 2 comments
Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved Waymo’s request to expand its commercial robotaxi service area, opening the door for the Alphabet company to bring its driverless ride-hailing vehicles into more communities south of San Francisco.
Self-Driving Cars, Transportation, Technology, California, Silicon Valley
7 points by badmonster 164 days ago | 1 comments
Self-Driving Cars Have New Rules in the U.S. Here's Why That Matters (scientificamerican.com)
On April 24, with a brief video and a few dozen pages, the U.S.’s driverless car rulebook got a reboot.
Self-Driving Cars, Transportation, Regulations, United States
14 points by beardyw 181 days ago | 2 comments
Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes (cnn.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Transportation, Technology, Trucking
167 points by harambae 181 days ago | 350 comments
The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes (cnn.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Trucking, Transportation
8 points by e12e 182 days ago | 3 comments
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
6 points by xnx 188 days 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 188 days 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 189 days 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 203 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 203 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 204 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 207 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 216 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 218 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 219 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 220 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 233 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 245 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 261 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 261 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 261 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 261 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 262 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 263 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 268 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 273 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 273 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 274 days ago | 1 comments