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Vogt resigns as CEO of Cruise over questions of safety of self-driving cars
Kyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit, as questions build about the safety of self-driving cars. Vogt's decision to step down, announced late on Sunday, follows a recent recall of all 950 Cruise vehicles to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise. The company earlier announced it had paused operations for a review by independent experts. The results of our ongoing reviews will inform additional next steps as we work to build a better Cruise centred around safety, transparency and trust, the company said in a statement. We will continue to advance AV technology in service of our mission to make transportation safer, cleaner and more accessible. Cruise won approval to transport fare-paying passengers last year. Since then, the autonomous vehicles have drawn complaints for making unexpected, ...
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Musk says Tesla likely to launch full self-drive technology this year
"I hesitate to say this but I think we'll do it this year," said Tesla CEO Musk, speaking on a conference call
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Tesla recalls 362,000 US vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
The recall covers 2016-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles equipped with FSD Beta software or pending installation
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Amazon's self-driving car shuttles people on public roads for first time
The company said the robotaxi trip marks the first time that a vehicle designed without human controls has carried passengers on a public road
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California man sues Tesla for 'deceiving' customers about self-driving cars
A California man claims the electric-car maker has "deceptively and misleadingly marketed" its driver-assistance systems
Tesla's Autopilot AI director Andrej Karpathy quits amid widespread layoffs
In a tweet, Karpathy said he has no concrete plans for what's next but looks to spend more time revisiting his long-term passions around technical work in AI, open source and education
Tesla leads automakers in self-driving vehicle crashes: US regulator
Of the 392 such crashes reported by a dozen automakers since July, six deaths were reported and five serious injuries
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Tesla to recall nearly 580,000 vehicles in US due to 'Boombox' function
The recall is the fourth made public in the last two weeks as US safety regulators increase scrutiny of the nation's largest electric vehicle maker
Tesla asks FSD testers to allow video collection in case of crash
According to the auto-tech website Electrek, it is the first time that the electric vehicle company will attach footage to specific individuals
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Tesla shouldn't have non-disclosure agreement for its FSD Beta: Musk
Telsa CEO Elon Musk has said that Tesla shouldn't have a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta testers
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Tesla starts judging owners it charged $10,000 for self-driving
Elon Musk has said that on Friday, the electric-car maker will roll out an updated version of its Full Self-Driving beta software, which until now has only been available to roughly 2,000 people
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Samsung in talks with Tesla to make next-gen self-driving chips: Report
Samsung is currently the second-largest contract chip manufacturer in the world
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Apple's next big thing in doubt as chief of self-driving car project exits
Apple's car is a hotly anticipated product but the company says almost nothing about it.
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Tesla launches full self driving subscriptions at $199 a month
Tesla has officially launched its Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscription package for $199 per month.
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Self-driving vehicle start-up Aurora to go public in $11-bn Spac merger
The deal represents an equity value of $11 billion for Aurora, and the combined company will be valued at $13 billion, according to a statement Thursday.
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Developing safe self-driving car a 'hard problem', admits Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally admitted that developing a safe and reliable self-driving car is indeed a difficult task
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Toyota-backed self-driving startup Pony.ai considers going public
The startup, active in the United States and China, plans to install its technology in hundreds of vehicles next year, rising to tens of thousands in 2024-2025
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Tesla finally releases driver monitoring system using cabin camera
CEO Elon Musk had originally rejected the idea of a driver monitoring system software
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UK becomes first country to green-light driverless cars on its roads
The country announced it would regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year
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Texas police to seek Tesla vehicle crash data as Musk denies autopilot use
Police say evidence suggests there was nobody in the driver's seat of the Model S when it crashed and killed 2 persons.
