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Tesla’s Autopilot software, an advanced driver assistance feature, is in the news again. And not in a good way.
Over the weekend, a short video of a person sitting in the back seat of a driverless Tesla operating on public roads in California caught the internet’s attention. The six-second video shows a man staring out the window from the back of the Tesla that’s driving down the road. There’s nobody in the driver’s seat. California Highway Patrol said it was searching for the man behind the “unusual incident.” The man was later arrested.
Waymo, Cruise want to start charging for driverless rides, deliveries in San Francisco
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Tesla’s current autopilot options offer features to help the driver, but they have not reached a stage where the vehicles are autonomous.
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Tesla’s current autopilot options offer features to help the driver, but they have not reached a stage where the vehicles are autonomous.
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Earlier this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared his plan to offer vehicles capable of Level 5 (L5) autonomy by the end of 2021. But, according to a memo released by legal data transparency website PlainSite, the timeline to deliver a fully autonomous Tesla vehicle may not happen this year
Self-Driving Car Firms Seek to Charge for Rides in San Francisco: Reuters
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and rival Cruise have applied for permits needed to start charging for rides and delivery using autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, state documents reviewed by Reuters showed, setting the stage for the biggest tests yet of their technology in a dense urban environment.
Neither company revealed when they intend to launch services. But they detailed contrasting deployment plans, with Waymo starting with “drivered operations” and Cruise expecting to deploy vehicles without humans behind the wheel.
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has yet to decide on the previously unreported applications made by Waymo on Jan. 19 and by Cruise on March 29, according to the documents. The agency had no immediate comment on Tuesday.
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