We’ve been playing with the Tesla Autopilot “Full Self Driving” beta, and it’s amazing. We’ll have a lot more to say about this update later, but for now we’ve posted a few videos on YouTube showing the software working well and also showing some common reasons for disengagements and interventions. Check out the videos on […]
Last week Mercedes unveiled an all-new redesigned 2021 S-Class, the latest revision of their venerated flagship luxury sedan. Tesla has been the topic on every legacy auto executive’s mind, and the 2021 S-Class provides Mercedes’ latest answer for how the firm plans to compete in a world of software-centric cars. Daimler made a point of […]
It’s been a little over a month since we first heard Zoox needed cash and was up for sale, and that Amazon might be interested. Now just this evening, Amir Efrati at The Information broke the story that the deal is done, and could be announced as soon as Friday morning: Amazon has agreed to […]
Hey, whatever happened to Waymo? Weren’t they supposed to launch an autonomous robotaxi service worldwide or something? Well if you’ve been wondering you’re in luck. They’ve just announced a partnership with Volvo: On the path to building the World’s Most Experienced Driver, we partner with some of the world’s largest automakers to realize our mission […]
If you’re following the autonomy race closely, you’ve probably already heard that BMW and Daimler released a joint statement ending their autonomy partnership yesterday. The memo was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while, because it sums up the state of autonomy software at legacy automakers so well. I wanted to pick […]
Following the historic launch of Crew Dragon this weekend, many wondered what negative talking points Tesla short sellers could possibly muster when they clocked back in on Monday. If you have “Autopilot is going to kill you” on your bingo card, mark it off –– they went with the old favorite. Of course, TSLAQ twisting […]
Rejoice, America’s hat: Thursday — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2020 P.S. Remember to apply a safe margin of error to account for software rollout and Elon time
Remember Argo AI, the self-driving startup Ford invested in? No? Well, look at the picture at the top of this post, that’s their car wearing the ugly LIDAR hat. Those who have been following the autonomy horse race closely may remember that Volkswagen announced they would invest in Argo about a year ago. Good news: […]
Our friends at Zoox, the startup that recently settled a lawsuit for stealing trade secrets from Tesla, are out of money. Self-driving is a capital intensive business. Many have been wondering who would bite the bullet and buy them out, and now Cara Lombardo and Tim Higgins have a report in the Wall Street Journal […]
Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow have the details on Cruise’s recent layoffs over at Bloomberg: In a notice to mayors and other California government officials dated May 15, Cruise disclosed that 165 employees would be permanently laid off. Of those workers, 40% had the words engineer or engineering in their job title. Bloomberg That’s about 66 […]
