An autopilot is a system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being. Autopilots are used in aircraft, boats, space craft, missiles, and others.
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Waymo CEO: Launching a self-driving car is harder than launching a rocket
In an interview with the Financial Times, Waymo's CEO has opened up about the realities of self-driving vehicle development. ...
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3 easy-to-read academic articles for mobility tech nerds
Get your brain matter firing all cylinders, or charging on all volts, this holiday period with these academic articles about ...
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159,000 Teslas doomed to fail due to worn out memory chips
Memory chips in Tesla Nvidia Tegra computers could fail as a result of reaching their read-write cycle limit. Replacements ...
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Mercedez-Benz’s GLE rated as Europe's safest automated vehicle
Thatcham Research and Euro NCAP rated 10 popular vehicles for the effectiveness and safety of their automated driver assistance ...
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Germany wants to permit driverless cars across the country by 2022
Germany is making noise about regulating autonomous vehicles and now wants to be a world leader in the field. It's set its ...
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Despite hundreds of deaths a year, US trucks still aren’t required to have automatic emergency braking
An IIHS study found that 40% of rear-end truck incidents could be avoided if the vehicles were fitted with automatic emergency ...
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Tesla driving YouTuber warned: Don’t use Autopilot on UK roads, it’s illegal
A YouTuber that shows off the capabilities and limitations of Tesla's Autopilot in their videos has been warned by police ...
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The UK takes its first step towards regulating autonomous vehicle tech
The UK's new autonomous vehicle regulations could recognize cars equipped with lane keeping systems as autonomous and put ...
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ADAS tech remains a blind spot for independent car sellers — and it’s putting lives at risk
Independent car sellers aren't getting the information they need about advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Customers ...
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Tesla finally returns Autopilot to second-hand Model S owner after secretly wiping it from his car
Tesla’s unsolicited removal of vehicle features appears to have been sorted, but a bigger issue when buying Teslas from ...
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Autonowashing and the dangers of putting too much trust in 'self-driving' cars
Vehicle makers are overselling the capabilities of their supposedly 'self-driving' cars. This phenomenon, Autonowashing, ...
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German court slams the brakes on Tesla’s bogus 'Autopilot' marketing
A German court has ruled that Tesla can no longer market its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving products as autonomous systems ...
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Chinese EV maker Xpeng starts shipping its hotly anticipated Tesla Model 3 rival
Chinese EV maker, Xpeng, will start delivering its cheaper and rangier rival to Tesla's Model 3, the P7. But it's going to ...
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Don’t get your hopes up, Tesla probably isn’t working on LiDAR for Autopilot
Elon Musk, isn't really a fan of LiDAR when it comes to autonomous vehicles. So why was a Model S recently been spotted with ...
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Burger King is exposing a Tesla Autopilot bug with its irresponsible burger giveaway
Tesla upgraded its driver aid system to recognize and react to stop signs. Instead, it seems it has been confusing Burger ...
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Tesla's Autopilot dangerously fooled by drone-mounted projectors
Researchers in Israel found self-driving cars and autopilot systems can be gamed with consumer hardware and 2D image projections. ...
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The key differences between Tesla's driving aids: Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
In this edition of Shift Basics, we take a look at what Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving are, how they're different, ...
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The 6 levels of autonomous driving, explained as fast as possible
Autonomous driving isn't quite as clear cut as it sounds. Despite many vehicles claiming to have self-driving capabilities, ...
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Germany may force Tesla to fix its 'misleading' Autopilot claims
While some say that Tesla's "Autopilot" system is a great automotive development, not everyone agrees. A German court thinks ...
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How Ford’s new Co-Pilot360 feature is different from (and safer than) Tesla’s Autopilot
Semi-autonomous driving is going to get another player in Ford's Active Drive Assist next year. Many compare it to Tesla's ...
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China’s Xpeng 'copies' Tesla’s website after allegedly 'stealing' Autopilot source code
Chinese carmakers copying western brands isn't a new phenomenon, but one China-based EV maker has zero-chill and is now even ...
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Tesla’s Model S and Model X EVs are now $5K cheaper — but there’s no more free Supercharging
Buying a new Tesla got a little less sweet on one hand and sweeter on the other. Its cut the price of Model S and X EVs, ...
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Survey: Americans still aren’t drinking the autonomous car Kool-Aid
American perceptions of autonomous vehicles have are showing a trend that doesn't seem to be improving, for automakers at ...
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Tesla’s self-driving tech will pivot to subscription service — good shit, or just shit?
During Tesla's Q1 2020 earnings call, Elon Musk said that Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features will become subscription ...
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Autonomous driving still isn’t a reality in 2020 — and it’s getting people killed
Autonomous driving tech like Autopilot is misleading. Drivers overestimate its capability and underestimate its limitations. ...
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Coronavirus forces Tesla to use old Autopilot processors in Chinese Model 3
Due to supply chain constraints caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Tesla installed older, slower processors in its new ...
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Toyota saddles up for self-driving future with $400M investment into Pony.ai
Toyota, one of the world's largest car makers, has further demonstrated its intent on supporting self-driving vehicles with ...
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Some Teslas have been tricked into speeding by tape stuck on road signs
McAfee researchers have tricked Tesla cars into autonomously speeding just by sticking two inches tape on a speed limit ...
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Tesla is robbing second hand car buyers of vehicle features
Tesla removing features from its second-hand vehicles is tantamount to robbery. Last week, a report from Jalopnik revealed ...
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Elon Musk to solve self-driving with a 'Super Fun' AI hackathon
Tesla CEO Elon Musk yesterday announced that he's throwing a "Super Fun AI Party/Hackathon" with Tesla engineers and a select ...
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Elon Musk says Tesla's early access group will get Full Self Driving 'soon'
Elon Musk is tweeting about Full Self Driving again. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1216030166733901826 Full Self ...
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Tesla driver arrested for flossing at 84 mph on autopilot
Autonomous driving looks set to be a part of our motoring future. It sounds great, but it can never account for a driver's ...
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Another Tesla crashes due to misuse of Autopilot [Updated]
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today revealed that faulty software and human error were to blame for ...
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Having an ethical framework is the best way to mitigate risks in autonomous technology
Many technology professionals bristle at the word ethics as an intangible topic more likely to show up as a required ...
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These idiots shot a porno in an Autopilot-enabled Tesla and Elon Musk deserves some blame
Taylor Jackson is a pioneer, of sorts. The adult actress, to our knowledge, is the first to shoot a pornographic scene in ...
