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Tesla to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 08:51 PM

Tesla Inc will recall 53,822 US vehicles with the company's Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct "rolling stops" and not come to a complete stop at some intersections posing a safety risk. Read more »

Self-driving car startup Aurora on road to going public

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 08:46 AM

Self-driving car startup Aurora on Thursday announced it is taking a side road to going public in a transaction valuing it at $13 billion. Read more »

Lyft to sell autonomous driving unit for $550 million to Toyota

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 08:46 AM

The Lyft operations known as Level 5 will be folded into Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, which will create a team of some 1,200 working on self-driving technology in Japan, the United States and Britain Read more »

Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone

Hyunjoo Jin, David Shepardson and Tina Bellon, Reuters
Posted at Apr 21 09:12 AM

BERKELEY, California - The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the safety of semi-autonomous vehicles and the nebulous U.S. regulatory terrain they navigate. Read more »

Apple chief Tim Cook talks of autonomous cars

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 06 09:06 AM

Apple chief Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released Monday by the New York Times.   Read more »

Trump pardons engineer who stole Google trade secrets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:19 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - A former Google engineer who pleaded guilty to stealing secrets from its self-driving car program was among those pardoned by Donald Trump on his last day in the White House. Read more »

Intel's self-driving car unit plans to step up use of its own radar tech by 2025

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 05:40 PM

The head of Intel Corp’s self-driving car subsidiary said on Tuesday the company wants to shift toward using its own radar-based technology and use a single lidar sensor per vehicle by 2025 in a bid to lower the cost of autonomous driving. Read more »

Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes 'next level' battery technology

Stephen Nellis, Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 06:47 AM

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more »

Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software in two weeks

Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 12:28 PM

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday there will probably be a wider roll out of a new "Full Self Driving" software update in two weeks.   Read more »

Man 'asleep' in speeding self-driving car charged with dangerous driving

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 08:12 AM

OTTAWA, Canada - A driver who allegedly set his car to autopilot and then took a nap as it broke the speed limit on a rural Canadian highway has been charged with dangerous driving, police said. Read more »

German court says Tesla self-driving claims are misleading

Jack Ewing, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 15 07:34 AM

Tesla’s plans to steal buyers from German luxury automakers suffered a setback Tuesday after a court in Munich ruled that the California maker of electric cars made exaggerated promises about its autonomous driving technology. Read more »