[Watch on YouTube] Thank you for your invitation. I’ll offer seven points. First: American driving is dangerous. Automated driving could help, if we’re caref…
Intrigued by automated driving? Perhaps you've already tried one of the real Waymo or Zoox robotaxis in the United States. (Tesla's "robotaxis"…
Three thoughts on Waymo's recent traffic jams during a power outage in San Francisco. First, these jams – in which Waymo's vehicles appeared to come to…
Tesla uses the name "Full Self-Driving" to market a driver assistance system that still requires its user to pay attention to the road. And yet, as th…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
“[The Transportation Department] is taking away existing regulations that would stand in the way of autonomous vehicles,” said Ryan Calo, a University of Washin…
Law professor Bryant Walker Smith reached roughly the same conclusion. He argues that car manufacturers should be held liable whenever their cars perform unreas…
Self-driving Waymo robotaxis have become a familiar sight in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, but not everyone is happy about that. These “ghost-like”…
This post offers a primer on federal legislation, regulation, and policy with respect to automated vehicles (AVs) – that is, motor vehicles equipped with an aut…
The University of South Carolina professor and autonomous-driving safety expert discusses Tesla’s Cybercab rollout, Waymo’s growing operations, and how self-dri…
Automakers (including Tesla, Daimer, Ford, and GM) as well as automated-driving developers (including Waymo and Cruise) have recalled vehicles by pushing over-t…
Five years to the day after I criticized Uber for testing its self-proclaimed "self-driving" vehicles on California roads without complying with the t…