Author: Aarian Marshall / Source: WIRED
In 1989, a British illustrator and writer team published a children’s picture book called We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The book was a hit—later made into a stage play, subjected to a TV adaptation, and involved in a 2014 Guinness World Record for “Largest Reading Lesson”—but you should know it best as the thing that echoes through my head whenever I think of hard stuff.
The book’s bear-hunting protagonist-children face many an obstacle. Tall grass. A cold river. Thick mud. A gloomy cave. Every time, they repeat the refrain: Can’t go over it / Can’t go under it / Have to go through it.Readers, our favorite vehicle players went through it this week. They introduced new apps and suggested hard but necessary ways to keep people safe. They rolled out new concept cars and announced major partnerships. They dug fancy tunnels and outlined their plans to dig fancy tunnels. It was an adventure-filled week. Let’s get you caught up.
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If you’re confused about whether any of today’s cars can actually drive themselves (they can’t), some British researchers would like you to know that you’re not alone. Jack spoke with a few at the automotive-safety-focused nonprofit Thatcham Research, who argue that driver-assistance features like Tesla’s Autopilot, Nissan’s ProPilot Assist, and Mercedes’ Drive Pilot need a clearer grading system, stat.
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Uber launched a new lightweight app for older, slower Android devices, which it hopes will give it a wheel up in developing cities where cell coverage is also spotty.
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Chinese electric-car maker Byton rolled out its second concept car, the sleek K-Byte, wearing all the sensors it needs to drive itself. So what if the Tesla challenger hasn’t actually made a production car yet?
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Take a deep breath. A new commissioned analysis by a group of…
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