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Robotaxi Services Put the 'Auto' in Autonomous
The Lanza crime family once ran the streets of San Francisco. Nowadays, Waymo does. The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary operates a fleet of more than 800 autonomous vehicles (AVs) within a 260-square-mile ...

Tesla FSD Beware: XPENG Autonomous Driving Is Already Ahead In China
Tesla gets all the self-driving headlines, but Chinese XPENG rolled out its version, called VLA 2.0, in March 2026. Can its success in China be repeated globally?

Meet the early pioneers who shaped the future of today's self-driving cars
Discover the untold story of the nearly 90-year-old man who pioneered the driverless future in a world of 8-bit processors and analog dreams.

Robotaxis could soon be legal in D.C. under new bill
A D.C. Council proposal lays out the rules for autonomous vehicles that could provide a robot-powered alternative to Ubers, Lyfts or traditional taxis.

Elon Musk Admits He Lied to Tesla Customers’ Faces for Years About Self-Driving
During Wednesday's earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated that millions of Tesla cars on the road can't drive themselves. After over a decade of promising that fully autono ...

DC bill would allow self-driving rideshare vehicles like Waymo
D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen announced on Thursday new legislation that would allow self-driving rideshare vehicles to operate commercially in the District for the first time.

Elon Musk confirms millions of Tesla cars need new hardware for full self-driving
The Tesla CEO suggests it may build a series of ‘microfactories’ to upgrade vehicles at scale.

Musk says millions of Teslas will need hardware upgrades for future 'Full Self-Driving'
Elon Musk has confirmed what many Tesla owners long suspected: the computers inside millions of existing Teslas are not powerful enough to run future versions of the company’s “Full Self-Driving” ...

Autonomous cars were supposed to free us from traffic hell. Research says otherwise
Research suggests self-driving cars could make traffic significantly worse, not better, and the evidence on the streets is already starting to back that up.

Tesla finally speaks the truth on full self-driving on old cars, and it’s hope in darkness
Elon Musk confirmed on Tesla's Q2 2026 earnings call that Hardware 3 vehicles need physical upgrades, with Tesla planning micro-factories to handle the scale of replacements needed.

The promise of self-driving cars hits a traffic snag
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) near widespread use, researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington say the technology could change not just how people travel but how much, reshaping traffic ...