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A 71-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving mode while crossing I-80 in Vallejo, California. CHP reviewed dashcam footage showing the Tesla attempted evasive maneuvers, and the incident follows another recent FSD-related crash on the same highway.
An opinion piece arguing that fully autonomous and electric transport will revolutionize logistics and travel like broadband did for data, triggering Jevons-paradox-style demand growth and reshaping how location value and costs work.
The Verge reviews the Maeving RM2, a retrofuturistic electric motorcycle praised for its quiet, smooth hub-motor ride but dinged for weak performance, suspension issues, and a $10,995 price that feels steep for its rough edges.
Elon Musk quipped that fate's ironic entertainment made it inevitable the Tesla Roadster would end up being a flying car, hinting at possible hover or flight capabilities for the vehicle.
Elon Musk tweets about flying cars becoming a reality, sharing a link likely highlighting advances in eVTOL/air mobility technology.
Flox Intelligence, a KTH spin-out and TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 finalist, is building edge AI devices that detect animals near trains, airports, and roads and emit species-appropriate deterrents to prevent wildlife strikes.
Has the Autonomous Trucking Revolution Arrived? — an article examining whether autonomous trucking has finally reached mainstream commercial viability and real-world deployment.
MIT News profiles Cathy Wu, an associate professor in CEE and IDSS, whose research applies machine learning and reinforcement learning to design more reliable and efficient transportation systems, and whose early RL-based traffic analysis research went viral.
Garry Tan's conversation with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy highlights how modern software like Air Space Intelligence's SMART tool could replace paper-and-pencil air traffic management with predictive AI augmentation — without removing human controllers from the loop.
Elon Musk announced that the Boring Company is developing a Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio to reduce travel time from 2.5 hours to under 30 minutes, aiming to alleviate traffic and boost regional growth.
The Boring Company announces plans to build a Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio, reducing travel time from up to 2.5 hours to under 30 minutes.
Kia has revealed the PV7 electric van with advanced battery and charging features, targeting European and Korean markets in 2027.
The article highlights that 40% of NYC taxis have unrepaired safety defects, contrasting with the taxi lobby's efforts to portray autonomous vehicles as unsafe.
The article compares the hype around AI replacing humans to the Segway's promise to transform transportation, drawing parallels to the dotcom bubble and noting its niche engineering impact.
The article promotes the comfort and performance of Cybercab for autonomous rides, highlighting its ability to navigate challenging mountain roads.
Tesla's Cybercab is introduced as a future transport solution, featuring a 22-inch touchscreen for entertainment and productivity apps, with V5 Starlink hardware for connectivity.
Uber is shutting down its operations in Nigeria and Uganda immediately due to a business review, amid challenges like rising fuel costs, driver complaints, and competition from other ride-hailing apps.
This paper proposes Neural-Bayesian Structure Learning, a framework that integrates differentiable structure learning with discrete choice modeling to predict choice behavior and evaluate interventions, achieving comparable performance while recovering coherent dependency structures.
Robotaxis are expanding in the US, but face increasing pushback and regulatory challenges from governments, unions, and safety advocates over issues of safety, control, and employment.
Miles Brundage shares that the Ojai Waymo model is generally worse than the previous version, despite more spaciousness in the back, and hopes it will lead to increased Waymo supply.