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A Crowd Attacked a Self-Driving Car and Set It on Fire. It's Unlikely to Be the Last Time.
The incident in San Francisco is the latest in a years-long trend of people lashing out at driverless vehicles as controversies pile up.
‘Week of Cone’: Activist Group Is Protesting Driverless Cars by Disabling Them With Traffic Cones
Derided as a “prank” by other outlets, the Week of Cone is part of a storied American tradition of urban residents opposing the expansion of cars in the city.
San Franciscans Keep Calling 911 About Baffling Self-Driving Car Behavior
Cruise receives the vast majority of complaints, including boxing in buses and trying to drive over fire hoses during active firefighting.
Waymo Vehicle Mobbed by Skateboarders During Annual San Francisco Hill Bomb Event
The car drove down the street after the annual Dolores Hill Bomb.
San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras
“Autonomous vehicles are recording their surroundings continuously and have the potential to help with investigative leads,” an internal training document states.
Waymo Self-Driving Vehicles Keep Going Down the Same Dead-End San Francisco Block
The company says the cars are following the rules of the road.
Tesla Must Now Report 'Autopilot' Crashes to the Government or Face Fines
A new federal rule will require car companies to report crashes that occur when the car is doing some of the driving.
Futuristic Self-Driving Car Hits Person the Old Fashioned Way
A Waymo car struck a person on a scooter in San Francisco, but the company says it was being driven by a human at the time.
The Promise and Peril of Self-Driving Cars in Cities
If self-driving cars are going to eventually be profitable taxis, they need to operate safely in dense areas. That means not killing pedestrians and cyclists.
Waymo Self-Driving Car Gets Stuck by Cones, Drives Away From Assistance
This is what responsible self-driving car development looks like.
Peter Thiel Got Trump to Pardon Uber Engineer Sentenced to Prison
Autonomous driving engineer Anthony Levandowski was charged with stealing trade secrets for Uber, which sold its self-driving division last year.