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02/01/2024
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By Ramon Tomey
House investigates carmaker Ford over its partnership with Chinese companies, citing national security issues
A committee in the House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the Ford Motor Company’s partnership with Chinese firms, citing national security issues. The House Select Committee on China (HSCC) is asserting that Ford plans to use technology and software from four Chinese companies, whose names are currently redacted. The said companies also supply […]
11/12/2023
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By Ethan Huff
You will soon be a PRISONER in your own car: Mandatory vehicle “kill switch” will disable driving based on bad performance
An amendment proposed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to stop the federal government from basically taking over private vehicle ownership in 2026 and beyond has failed, meaning Americans will soon become prisoners in their own cars. Massie, disappointed in his amendment, known as Part B Amendment No. 60, to H.R. 4820, the “Transportation, Housing and […]
10/06/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
Austin officials complain of self-driving cars BLOCKING emergency vehicles
Officials in the city of Austin in Texas are complaining that driverless vehicles are blocking emergency vehicles from responding to incidents in the city. According to InfoWars, the complaints come from both the Austin Police Department (APD) and Austin Fire Department (AFD). Officials from the two agencies are calling attention to the fact that autonomous cars […]
10/04/2023
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By Zoey Sky
“IT malfunction” brings Germany’s Volkswagen factories to a grinding halt
On Sept. 7, Volkswagen reported that it was hit by a major IT outage that caused production at several plants in Germany to screech to a halt. Volkswagen, Europe’s top carmaker, added that the whole group, which includes the Porsche AG and Audi brands, was affected by the “IT malfunction.” A spokesperson for Audi said that production […]
08/22/2023
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By Laura Harris
FALSE START: Cruise self-driving vehicles cause traffic jam in San Francisco streets just a day after city expanded robotaxi services
Just one day after the supposedly successful implementation of expanded self-driving taxi use in San Francisco, 10 of these robotaxis immediately caused a traffic jam in the city, blocking two narrow streets in the center of the lively North Beach bar and restaurant district of San Francisco. According to eyewitnesses, the automated vehicles sat motionless […]
08/21/2023
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By Laura Harris
Driverless car gets stuck in wet concrete in San Francisco a few days after CPUC approves robotaxi expansion services
A few days after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) agreed to expand driverless taxi services in San Francisco, a Cruise AV self-driving robotaxi was immobilized in the wet concrete of a construction site on Golden Gate Avenue between Fillmore and Steiner Street. The Chevrolet Bolt EV-based autonomous vehicle (AV), equipped with roof-mounted sensors, was spotted […]
01/06/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
German police officers chase Tesla on autopilot, driver literally asleep
German police officers chased a Tesla car on autopilot before finding out that its driver was asleep. Officers of the Bavarian State Police (BSP) spotted the said Tesla driving along Autobahn 70 on Dec. 29. The vehicle was headed eastward to the town of Bayreuth from Bamberg, both located in Germany’s Bavaria state. It was driving at a speed […]
05/24/2021
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By Franz Walker
Autonomous taxi from Google’s Waymo goes rogue and blocks traffic
A self-driving taxi from Google’s Waymo went rogue while ferrying a passenger in Chandler, Arizona recently. The incident was recorded by Joel Johnson who was riding in the vehicle. The vehicle halted after encountering a range of orange safety cones, which confused it enough to stop it entirely. But things got worse when Waymo’s roadside assistance team […]
11/30/2019
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By Arsenio Toledo
Resolving traffic problems with smart tech: Could driverless cars speed up traffic?
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge believe that fleets of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving can improve traffic flow by at least 35 percent. This comes after a series of experiments involving a small fleet of miniature robot cars driving on a multi-lane track. The researchers observed that when this fleet […]
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