US investigates 2.4m Tesla self-driving vehicles after reported collisions

Tesla's "camera-only" approach to partially and fully autonomous driving systems, some industry experts have said, could cause issues in low-visibility conditions as the vehicles do not have a set of backup sensors. 

"Weather conditions can impact the camera's ability to see things and I think the regulatory environment will certainly weigh in on this," said Jeff Schuster, vice-president at GlobalData… 

Tesla's rivals that operate robotaxis rely on expensive sensors such as lidar and radar to detect driving environments…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/18/tesla-self-driving-car-investigation

Plus.ai's autonomous lorry 'crosses US in three days' - BBC News

Plus.ai said one of its vehicles had hauled a refrigerator trailer full of butter 2,800 miles from California to Pennsylvania in less than three days. It relied on sensors, cameras, radar and Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology and computer vision software underpinned by artificial intelligence. But a driver and engineer rode along.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50742080

Waymo One robot taxis are here and we took a ride - YouTube

Today, Waymo rolls out a driverless taxi service called Waymo One in Arizona. The company has been operating self-driving cars, occasionally without safety drivers behind the wheel, for about a year and half now. The goal is to use all the data they have collected to make Waymo's autonomous vehicles the safest drivers on the road. Andrew Hawkins went down to Chandler, Arizona for a test ride. ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkgs4u5tW0&t=300s

Who needs self driving cars when humans are getting smarter - funny

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8cveaj/who_needs_self_driving_cars_when_humans_are/

Tesla Autopilot functions and technology - Business Insider

The deadline is approaching for Tesla CEO Elon Musk to deliver on one of his loftiest predictions for the company. In October 2016, he said a Tesla car would drive itself from LA to New York City without any assistance from a human driver by the end of 2017. Musk made a slight revision to that statement in August, claiming the autonomous road trip would happen early in 2018 if he doesn't meet his original deadline.....
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-autopilot-functions-and-technology-2017-12/#tesla-introduced-its-autopilot-feature-in-2015-it-gives-its-cars-the-ability-to-drive-autonomously-in-some-situations-last-year-the-company-rolled-out-new-hardware-on-all-of-its-vehicles-the-new-hardware-suite-enables-the-latest-iteration-of-the-driving-system-which-is-called-enhanced-autopilot-1

Self-driving buses in Helsinki: did Finland just create a new model?

Imagine a future where a driverless minibus picks you up at your home and drops you off at a transit hub so you can board a larger bus, subway, or train.

This future is already being tested in Helsinki, Finland. The Scandinavian city is hosting two self-driving minibuses in the first public trials in real traffic. The two EasyMile EZ10 buses will drive up to 12 passengers along a fixed route through most of September, cruising at speeds of up to about 15 mph. The goal, however, is for a fleet to eventually be a “last mile” solution for passengers, Harri Santamala, the road test project lead, and an engineer at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, told Curbed.

“We are not aiming to substitute bigger buses with autonomous buses,” said Mr. Santamala. “We want to bring these somewhere where the conditions don’t permit a normal bus line [because of] a narrow street or it’s not dense enough. We could fill a gap in the mobility chain, make it more efficient and effective.”...
http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/0901/Self-driving-buses-in-Helsinki-did-Finland-just-create-a-new-model