Human error is the culprit in 93 percent of automobile crashes — including the pileup last weekend that left Tracy Morgan in critical condition, caused, prosecutors say, by a truck driver who had been awake for 24 hours.
Robots, on the other hand, don’t need to sleep. Nor do they get drunk or distracted by cellphones. That is why Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, wrote on Twitter about the accident, with his usual bravado, “
Self-driving cars and trucks are a moral imperative.”
How much safer would driving be if robots replaced humans on the roads?
Read more . . .
The Latest on: Self-driving cars
[google_news title=”” keyword=”Self-driving cars” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]
via Google News
The Latest on: Self-driving cars
- Cities may lose all control over self-driving cars | Thomas Eliason July 23, 2024 at 5:30 am
Altogether, automated Waymo cars have reportedly been involved in 150 crashes since July 2021, while rival Cruise has had 78.
- GM puts self-driving vehicle without steering wheel on holdon July 23, 2024 at 4:26 am
(Reuters) -General Motors' Cruise self-driving unit will focus its development efforts on ... In 2018, GM petitioned the NHTSA to allow the use of a car built on a Chevrolet Bolt without steering ...
- 22 Reasons Why Self-Driving Cars Aren’t Taking Over Yeton July 23, 2024 at 4:00 am
Self-driving cars were expected to revolutionize transportation, yet they haven’t taken over our roads. What’s holding back this high-tech transformation? 1. High Development Costs Creating ...
- GM's Cruise self-driving vehicle without steering wheel put on holdon July 23, 2024 at 1:15 am
General Motors' Cruise self-driving unit will focus its development efforts on a ... In 2018, GM petitioned the NHTSA to allow the use of a car built on a Chevrolet Bolt without steering wheels or ...
- Toyota Pulls Off a Fast and Furious Demo With Dual Drifting AI-Powered Race Carson July 23, 2024 at 12:45 am
Scientists from the Toyota Research Institute and Stanford University have developed a pair of self-driving cars that use artificial intelligence to do it in a controlled fashion—a trick better known ...
- GM indefinitely suspends its self-driving vehicleon July 22, 2024 at 10:12 pm
General Motors is “indefinitely suspending” work on Origin, the autonomous vehicle produced by the US carmaker’s self-driving subsidiary. Mary Barra, chief executive, said in a letter to shareholders ...
- SoftBank’s Chief Pitches a New Path for Self-Driving Carson July 22, 2024 at 8:40 am
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of SoftBank, is trying to rally automakers around the world to join forces on autonomous-driving technologies.
- 'Turnaround has begun': Wall Street is bullish on Tesla earnings as it looks toward Robotaxi reveal and full self-drivingon July 22, 2024 at 8:38 am
Tesla is set to report its second-quarter financials after the closing bell on Tuesday. Wall Street analysts say the strongest headwinds may have passed.
- Elon Musk Bet Big on a Self-Driving ‘Robotaxi.’ Can Tesla Actually Build One?on July 19, 2024 at 3:07 pm
Elon Musk staked the future of Tesla on a robotaxi and autonomous driving, but the company can't pull off either ...
- A string of Waymo tire slashings is the latest example of vandalism against self-driving cars in San Franciscoon July 11, 2024 at 5:00 pm
A string of Waymo tire slashings is the latest incident of vandalism against the self-driving cars operated by Google's parent company.
via Bing News
