Some are speculating that U.S. national security concerns have spooked the Chinese, causing an abrupt halt to many foreign robots being tested on California roads. Didi is not the only Chinese company that appears to be scaling back autonomous vehicle testing in California, or pulling out entirely. A DMV spokesperson said that five Chinese-based companies … Continue reading Chinese Abruptly Remove Their Driverless Cars From California Roads→
The exit interview for the head of the NHTSA highlights their new road robot regulation program idea launched last June. We’re also considering a new program called AV STEP. That would combine the opportunity for manufacturers to deploy automated vehicles with a process that would allow NHTSA significant access to information about redundancy and safety … Continue reading NHTSA Promotes New “AV STEP” Program to Monitor Road Robots→
Tesla fraudulently boasts that if it can remotely update its cars it shouldn’t be called a recall. This is illogical, because the term recall refers to the severity of the flaw, not the delivery mode. Moreover, a severe lack of ethics and quality control means Tesla has been making their products far worse instead of … Continue reading Tesla Recall Failed: FSD Maybe Even Worse, Ignores Stop Signs and Pedestrians→