NYTIMES (Eric A. Taub) - Rivian R2 Review: A Tidier (in Size and Price) SUV Is Ready for the Suburbs
The electric automaker’s new R2 takes what works from its bigger, costlier brother and adds a host of features with the mass market in mind.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Does Volkswagen have a Future?
https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en By Thomas Kolbe The impression exists that Volkswagen Group’s consolidation course represents less a controlled downsizing than an internal corporate collapse -- the twilight of an economic era.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Driverless cars compete in F1-style race
Fully autonomous cars competed in the first international edition of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League in Imola, Italy, on Saturday. The cars have no human drivers and are instead driven completely by AI. CNN’s Ivana Scatola was there to watch the action.
NYTIMES (Jack Ewing) - Tesla Begins Offering Rides in a Car Without a Steering Wheel
The new Cybercab embodies Elon Musk’s vision of cars that drive themselves, but it is not clear when the vehicle will be widely available.
NPR (Camila Domonoske) - Are robotaxis finally here?
Fully self-driving cars for hire have been hailed as the technology of the future for years now. That future has finally arrived -- but only in some cities.
AI:Fully autonomous ride-hailing services have finally entered the market, though deployment remains strictly confined to specific urban centers rather than achieving universal availability. While tech interests frame this as a long-awaited technological breakthrough, the current reality is a fragmented landscape of limited jurisdictions where driverless vehicles operate under heavy geographic restrictions.Open
NYTIMES (Emmy Martin) - Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’
As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.
NYTIMES (Stefanos Chen) - An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?
Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Kyle Shanahan's Tesla crash joins wave of Autopilot lawsuits
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is recovering after a low-speed crash involving his Tesla that he says was operating on Autopilot. NewsNation's Bennett Haeberle joins "NewsNation Prime" to explain how Shanahan's accident comes amid federal investigations and numerous lawsuits over the electric vehicles' capabilities. "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Leland Vittert) - Chinese-connected cars in US? More like 'rolling spy machines,' author says
Restrictions should be cemented as Waymo seeks to buy Chinese cars for the U.S., Gordon Chang says.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Waymo Introduces New 'Islam Mode' That Sends Car To Mow Down Civilians
U.S. - Autonomous car giant Waymo introduced a new "Islam Mode" for passengers to select that will direct the car to mow down as many civilians as possible.