How Autonomous Car Companies Are Outrunning U.S. Regulators and Lawmakers February 2, 2022 By Joseph White, Hyunjoo Jin and David Shepardson Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology,...
Tesla’s Musk Sees Safe Self-Driving Vehicle This Year and Humanoid Robot Next Year January 28, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin and Nivedita Balu Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but...
California Halts Pony.Ai’s Driverless Testing Permit After Accident December 14, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin and Brenda Goh A California regulator on Monday said it has suspended a driverless testing permit for startup technology firm Pony.ai following an...
Whistleblower Claim Prompts SEC Probe of Tesla Over Solar Panel Fire Risks December 8, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin and Chris Prentice The U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla Inc. over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to...
Agency in California Opposes Cruise Robotaxi Application, Citing Safety December 3, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco’s public transit operator has challenged an application by Cruise to charge for robotaxi rides, saying on Wednesday promotional...
California Autonomous Delivery Service Rolling out from Nuro, 7-Eleven December 2, 2021 By Jane Lanhee Lee, Hyunjoo Jin and Paresh Dave Self-driving tech startup Nuro said on Wednesday it was rolling out California’s first commercial autonomous delivery service in partnership with...
Citing Software Issues, Tesla Pulls Latest Full Self-Driving Beta October 25, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin and Marcelo Teixeira U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc. on Sunday rolled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software,...
GM, Alphabet Win California’s First Autonomous Permits for Passenger Rides September 30, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin, Jane Lanhee Lee and Paresh Dave General Motors Co.’s Cruise and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive autonomous...
It Turns Out That Humans Are Secret Weapon for Autonomous Vehicle Startups August 23, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin Self-driving startups like Cruise and Pony.ai have begun testing their driverless cars in some parts of California in the past...
Safety Agency Has Begun Probe Into Tesla Autopilot August 16, 2021 By David Shepardson and Hyunjoo Jin U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc.’s driver assistance system Autopilot...