Author: Aarian Marshall / Source: WIRED
It was sneakily a big week for driverless cars. Waymo, the Googley guys and gals who are supposed to be winning the self-driving race, officially received the very first California DMV permit to test their vehicles in the state—without a human behind the wheel. The company suggests it will welcome members of the Golden State public into its driverless … at some point.
Meanwhile, Tesla is embroiled in another lawsuit over whether its Autopilot feature is being marketed the right way—that is, as not a driverless feature. (Pay attention to the road at all times, folks!) Meanwhile, it launched Navigate on Autopilot, a new capability that relies on using Tesla drivers as beta testers.In other news: Uber makes it easier to eat on the company dime, Chevrolet makes an electric Camara, and I could look at these transit maps for hours. It’s been a week. Let’s get you caught up.
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Lordy, look at this electric Chevy Camaro concept, unveiled this week in Las Vegas. Its makers promise it can run the quarter mile in the 9-second range, which just might be fast enough to get Vin Diesel to change his name to Vin Voltage.
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A Florida man named Shawn Hudson sues Tesla after his Model S crashed into a disabled Ford Fiesta while on Autopilot. Hudson says the car was going 80 mph and he was looking at his phone at the time of the crash—but his lawsuit claims Tesla’s salespeople misled him about the capabilities of the semi-autonomous feature.
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Oh, and speaking of Autopilot: Tesla says it’s getting even better with the “Navigate on Autopilot” feature, which is meant to guide a car from highway on-ramp to off-ramp.
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