Self-driving Cars


Driverless cars could save thousands of lives. They might also break our cities.


Sorry, a robot is probably a safer driver than most humans.


The city’s bumpy experiment with self-driving taxis is spreading nationwide, too.


The transition to electric vehicles hit several milestones in 2022.


The senator is asking the FTC and the DOJ to watch out for Amazon’s, Apple’s, and Google’s moves into your dashboard.


Cars are computers now, but the government hasn’t caught up.


The Detroit automaker is forging ahead with plans to build electric boats, trains, and planes.


Rivian just had one of the biggest IPOs in stock market history.

Autonomous tech could lead to deaths at the hands of robots. But is continuing to let humans drive even worse?


Concerns about features like Autopilot aren’t going unnoticed in Washington.


The full pardon of Anthony Levandowski came out of nowhere.

Self-driving cars were expected to roll out by 2021. Here’s what we need to solve and build first.


The self-driving truck company TuSimple is laying the groundwork for a futuristic autonomous freight industry.

In the age of AI advances, self-driving cars turned out to be harder than people expected.


Tesla is facing heat from federal officials following an investigation into a fatal crash involving its Autopilot.


Security researchers found an unsettling vulnerability in Tesla’s intelligent cruise control.


How safe is safe enough, and how do we measure it?


Well, probably.


And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really “self-driving.”


Rabois talked with Recode’s Kara Swisher about startups, innovation, Facebook, President Trump, and more on a recent Recode Decode.


Earlier this year, Musk was working 120-hour weeks to ramp up production of Tesla’s Model 3. Now he’s back to a “manageable” 80-90.

Musk talks about his “excruciating” 2018, fighting with journalists on Twitter, why Tesla won’t build an electric scooter and much more.


Andrew Moore, the dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s computer science school, says this hasn’t happened yet — but he’s worried.


Sidecar co-founder Sunil Paul unpacks his thoughts on the future of transportation on Recode Decode.


Uber has had no choice but to move carefully.


So says Annie Lowrey, the author of a new book called “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.”


The market is attracting startups and traditional automotive suppliers alike.


Some takeaways from the deal and interviews with SoftBank, GM and Cruise execs.


The National Traffic Safety Board said Uber’s system depends on the driver to brake in emergencies.


It’s hardly the end, but it’s clearly a setback.


The company will continue to operate its self-driving efforts out of San Francisco and Pittsburgh.


Breaking down the stats that Elon Musk and his self-driving-car cohorts use to say their vehicles are safer.


Dara Khosrowshahi spoke at length on growth plans, e-bikes, business model for the flying cars and when it’ll get back to testing its self-driving cars.




The company’s internal investigation as well as the federal investigation are ongoing.


A fatal crash, production problems and now a recall.


Lior Ron co-founded Otto with Anthony Levandowski before selling the company to Uber.


Susan Fowler, who worked under AG Gangadhar while at Uber, criticized the hire at the time.


The company’s permit expires next week.


The company says it needs to learn more about the Uber accident.