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1966 Ford Mustang converted into a Tesla with working ‘Full Self-Driving’

A Tesla auto parts shop owner in Sacramento spent about $40,000 and two years converting a 1966 Ford Mustang into a fully functional Tesla — complete with the Model 3’s dual-motor drivetrain, 15-inch touchscreen,

Americans see driverless cars coming, but most want to keep control behind the wheel

Gallup’s updated polling on autonomous vehicles, released in the last week, showed about two-thirds of Americans expect to see driverless cars commonly roaming the roadways within the next decade, including 31% expecting them to become
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Austin first responders raise concerns about self-driving vehicles

Austin’s first responders are raising concerns about autonomous vehicles. This comes after videos show that the self-driving cars freeze during emergency situations.

Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension of a nascent program the company announced in late January called AV Labs.
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Xpeng VLA 2.0 test drive: Tesla is not alone with ‘Full Self-Driving’ anymore

I test-drove Xpeng's VLA 2.0 in Beijing traffic for 40 minutes without intervening. Tesla's FSD lead in consumer cars is shrinking fast.

Wayve Wants to Take On Waymo—and Put Self-Driving Tech in Every Car

By ditching expensive hardware, the startup hopes to scale fast enough to challenge incumbents and make self-driving ubiquitous.

Angry Tesla owners sue Elon Musk’s automaker for ‘misleading’ them about self-driving tech

Angry Tesla owners are mounting a legal battle against the electric vehicle giant, accusing billionaire CEO Elon Musk of misleading them about the cars’ self-driving capacity. Tom LoSavio – an 80-year-old retired attorney living near San Francisco and leading a class-action lawsuit against Tesla – paid more than $100,

China’s self-driving truck leaders say AI breakthroughs won’t accelerate rollout — here’s why

Rapid advances in AI for coding and chatbots doesn't change the timeline for getting self-driving vehicles on the road, industry executives in China said.

Texas begins regulating self-driving cars with new state permit system

New law requires commercial automated vehicle operators to get state authorization, meet safety standards and face enforcement if public safety is at risk.

Nervous humans are GM’s secret weapon for self-driving cars

I slide behind the wheel of an all-electric Cadillac Lyriq and fasten my seat belt. Blue skies and fluffy clouds surround me. Ironically, I can see a sign for a BP gas station nearby, advertising per-gallon prices that are temptingly low—but since I’m driving an EV,