Saturday, December 20, 2025
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driverless

Will Tesla bow to pressure to stop using the term “autopilot”?

(TECH NEWS) After a recent car crash in China, where the driver claimed to believe this meant “self-driving,” many have urged Tesla to use another word to describe this feature.

MIT asks: Could you make the tough moral decisions a driverless car has to make?

(TECH NEWS) Who will you choose to run over if you're a driverless car? Autonomous cars are already on the road, but questions remain.

Newest stats on self-driving cars – are we there yet?

(TECH NEWS) Even with the popularity of the recent Google self-driving car project, the media portrays driverless cars as an idea we'll see a long time from now. But what do the statistics tell us?

Google patents “pedestrian glue” so you stick to a hood if hit

Apparently Google, whose driverless vehicles have already had accidents with other cars and a city bus, has been tackling this problem, and has recently applied for a patent for “pedestrian glue.”

Volvo to test up to 100 self-driving cars in China experiment

Car Giant is currently scouting for a city that could provide not only the necessary permissions and regulations, but more importantly the right infrastructure for the experiment.

Drivers aren’t scared of autonomous cars, after all

According to AAA’s managing director of automotive engineering and repair, “people who have these features tend to like them and trust them. That will go a long way for them to start to accept the self-driving technology.”

Google sends driverless cars to Washington state to test in rain

Google and its driverless cars have stealthily headed back out West.  They’ve started a third outpost for testing in Kirkland, Washington, without the general public even knowing. Kirkland is located in western Washington, near Seattle, and experiences heavy rainfall, sleet, and snow - weather patterns the driverless cars have yet to face.