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Waymo Has Stopped Selling Its Homegrown Lidar Sensors to Other Companies

Alphabet's autonomous vehicle arm will stop selling its lidar sensors and focus instead on growing the business of…

Florence Ion

8/27/21 2:10PM

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Feds Say Tesla and Other Automakers Must Report Crashes Involving Automated Vehicles

The new rules apply to virtually all advanced driver assistance or autonomous driving systems.

Tom McKay

6/29/21 6:00PM

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One of Waymo's Autonomous Taxis Got Stumped by Traffic Cones and Fled Its Fleshy Overlords

The taxi hurt itself in confusion!

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New Report Suggests Hyundai’s Big Mouth Did Not Kill Potential Partnership With Apple—Yet

Earlier this week, we theorized that Hyundai’s big mouth could get it kicked out of the running of working on a…

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Tesla Knocks Facebook Off List of Top Five U.S. Companies by Market Cap

Elon Musk’s march towards either overseeing one of the biggest stock market bubble pops in recent history or being…

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Uber Kicks Its Self-Driving Car Unit Out the Side Door

Uber is bailing on its self-driving car unit, the Uber Advanced Technologies Group, and will sell it off to driverles…

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Uber Safety Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide

The human driver meant to act as a fail-safe for an autonomous Uber car that struck and killed a Tempe, Arizona…

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Anthony Levandowski, Engineer at Center of Uber v. Waymo, Sentenced to 18 Months for Trade Theft

Anthony Levandowski, the former Google autonomous vehicle engineer whose switch to Uber was the subject of massive…

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Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski Escapes 32 of 33 Charges in Waymo Theft Plea Deal

Anthony Levandowski, the ex-Google autonomous vehicle engineer slapped with 33 charges of theft and attempted theft…

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Self-Driving Car Guru Ordered to Pay Google $179 Million Over Messy Contract Dispute

A former employee of Google and Uber credited as being one of the top engineers in the self-driving vehicle space,…

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How a Piece of Tape Tricked a Tesla Into Reading a 35MPH Sign as 85MPH

Researchers have identified a potential issue with sensors used in some older Tesla models that misinterpreted speed…

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In a First, Government Exempts Safety Rules That ‘No Longer Make Sense’ for 5,000 Driverless Cars

Driverless cars may someday look less like haunted minivans, thanks to the National Highway Traffic Safety…

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The Most Improved Tech of the Past Ten Years

In the grand scheme of things, ten years is nothing; an insignificant slice of our planet’s long timeline. But when…

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Air France Hopes to Reduce Delays With Self-Driving Luggage Carts

A multitude of factors can contribute to a flight being delayed, but Air France, who partnered with a handful of…

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Uber CEO Says Murder of Journalist By Saudi Government Was 'Mistake' That Can Be Forgiven

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is facing harsh criticism after he defended the Saudi government, one of the largest…

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NTSB Finds Uber Self-Driving Car in Fatal Crash Saw Victim, But Wasn't Programmed to Handle Jaywalkers

Federal investigators have determined an Uber self-driving car that killed 49-year-old pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in…

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Federal Safety Regulators Say They're Looking Into Reports of Tesla Smart Summon Crashes

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) isn’t so thrilled with Tesla’s rollout of a feature that…

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Semen Smugglers, Spreadsheets, and Laughing to Death: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

It’s been a weird one this week at Gizmodo, folks: From hacking buttplugs and realizing our dog photos have personall…

Tom McKay

8/18/19 9:25PM

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Reports: Uber Freezes Tech Staff Hiring in U.S. as Cash Hemorrhage Continues

Ridesharing giant Uber, which has been burning through money faster than the Joker ($5.2 billion in the last quarter…

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Waymo's Self-Driving Cabs Just Got an Important Green Light in California

In a significant development for Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company, Waymo has secured permission to transport…

Catie Keck

7/03/19 1:30PM

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Self-Driving Cars

Waymo Has Stopped Selling Its Homegrown Lidar Sensors to Other Companies

Feds Say Tesla and Other Automakers Must Report Crashes Involving Automated Vehicles

One of Waymo's Autonomous Taxis Got Stumped by Traffic Cones and Fled Its Fleshy Overlords

New Report Suggests Hyundai’s Big Mouth Did Not Kill Potential Partnership With Apple—Yet

Tesla Knocks Facebook Off List of Top Five U.S. Companies by Market Cap

Uber Kicks Its Self-Driving Car Unit Out the Side Door

Uber Safety Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide

Anthony Levandowski, Engineer at Center of Uber v. Waymo, Sentenced to 18 Months for Trade Theft

Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski Escapes 32 of 33 Charges in Waymo Theft Plea Deal

Self-Driving Car Guru Ordered to Pay Google $179 Million Over Messy Contract Dispute

How a Piece of Tape Tricked a Tesla Into Reading a 35MPH Sign as 85MPH

In a First, Government Exempts Safety Rules That ‘No Longer Make Sense’ for 5,000 Driverless Cars

The Most Improved Tech of the Past Ten Years

Air France Hopes to Reduce Delays With Self-Driving Luggage Carts

Uber CEO Says Murder of Journalist By Saudi Government Was 'Mistake' That Can Be Forgiven

NTSB Finds Uber Self-Driving Car in Fatal Crash Saw Victim, But Wasn't Programmed to Handle Jaywalkers

Federal Safety Regulators Say They're Looking Into Reports of Tesla Smart Summon Crashes

Semen Smugglers, Spreadsheets, and Laughing to Death: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Reports: Uber Freezes Tech Staff Hiring in U.S. as Cash Hemorrhage Continues

Waymo's Self-Driving Cabs Just Got an Important Green Light in California