As the first fully automated 18-wheeler rolls out, states would have no ability to govern what is taking place on their own roads.
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Taking Control of the Vehicle
The National Transportation Safety Board wants to mandate anti-speeding technology. It sounds like a no-brainer, but the opportunities for cybersecurity breaches are greater.
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Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
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Tesla’s ‘Self-Driving’ System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road
Elon Musk’s automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.
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Uber: The Road Not Taken
Why Uber’s business model keeps bleeding money—and how it might yet right itself as a useful but less grandiose venture