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Waymo published a list of “10 AI lessons” from driving more than 200 million fully autonomous miles, and several of them read as a direct rebuke of Tesla’s self-driving strategy — without ever naming Tesla. The sharpest: trying to turn a driver-assist system into full autonomy is a “false summit,” according to Waymo. That’s exactly what Tesla is attempting with Full Self-Driving. What Waymo actually said The post, published Tuesday by Waymo’s head of AI foundations, Srikanth Thirumalai, frames all 10 lessons around safety and the company’s 200-million-mile record in fully driverless operation. Lesson 10 is the one aimed squarely…
Ram unveiled the Rampage Rebel Ignition capped at 400 units. The Brazilian-built unibody truck wears TRX-inspired styling. Power comes from a 272 hp gasoline or a 200 hp turbodiesel. The Ram Rampage is a compact unibody truck that has been on sale in South America since mid-2023, sitting at the bottom of the lineup on both size and price. Keeping a truck like that in the conversation two and a half years in takes more than a spec sheet, so Stellantis has answered with a Brazil-only special edition, TRX-inspired styling included, and capped the run at 400 numbered units. var…
London police have apparently decided that if you can’t beat them, join them – or at least get yourself the same electric bike. The Metropolitan Police has expanded its fleet of high-powered electric two-wheelers used to chase suspects across London, adding 20 new electric motorbikes and bringing the fleet to 25. The machines can reach speeds of around 50 mph (80 km/h), hop curbs, tackle stairs, and follow suspects into places where a traditional police motorcycle, electric bicycle, or squad car simply can’t go. And judging by the photos released by Scotland Yard, those bikes are Sur-Rons – the very…
Hyundai Motor Company, including Genesis, is about to get very busy, with plans to launch more than 100 new or updated vehicles by 2030, including its first extended-range EVs (EREVs). Hyundai plans new vehicle blitz with EVs and EREVS While many are pulling back, Hyundai is going on the offensive. Hyundai announced plans to launch over 100 new or refreshed vehicles by the end of the decade during its 2026 CEO Investor Day on Wednesday. “Our fundamentals have never been,” Hyundai’s CEO, José Muñoz, said. As the third-largest automotive group and second most profitable, Hyundai has “the ability to invest…
A lease is a great way to sample a new car without making a true commitment. You get to live with the thing for 12 or 24 or 36 months and, no matter how many problems it has, no matter how badly it depreciates, you’re never going to be out more than you expected. You won’t have to worry about selling the thing, either. That was partly my mindset in engaging 36 months of non-committal partnership with a 2024 BMW iX xDrive50. If you haven’t followed along with the updates, my wife and I got a sweet lease deal back…
Tesla owners used to hide the fact that they were abusing Full Self-Driving. Now they film it, add a caption, and post it for the algorithm. Sleeping at highway speed, gaming with a controller, watching live TV, answering emails on a laptop — a whole genre of “look what my Tesla lets me get away with” content has taken over Instagram, TikTok, and X, and almost every clip in it shows a driver doing something that is flatly illegal in the country where it was filmed. A content genre built on breaking the law The clearest example making the rounds…
Lexus appears to be working on a performance-focused version of the RX SUV. Fresh spy shots from the Nurburgring show a heavily camouflaged prototype that could eventually become an RX Morizo RR. The test car features wider performance tyres, lightweight Rays wheels and huge Brembo brakes with slotted rotors. Michelin Pilot Sport SUV tyres measure 265/40 at the front and an enormous 295/35 at the rear. The prototype gets additional front air intakes, apparently housing intercoolers, wider fenders and a prominent dual-exhaust setup. Clearly, this is not simply an RX with a few cosmetic tweaks. Lexus has yet to reveal…
Tesla Cybertruck’s three configurations are all the same on the outside from an appearance perspective, but they differ slightly in price, range, performance, and other features. After yesterday’s price adjustment, Tesla’s Base All-Wheel-Drive Cybertruck is now priced at $74,990, a far cry from the $59,990 it started at several months ago. At $60,000, the Cybertruck All-Wheel-Drive is a steal: no pickup, electric or gas-powered, comes close in terms of overall driving capability thanks to Steer-by-Wire; no truck is more fun to drive at that price, and add in Full Self-Driving for $99 per month, and you truly have the best…
In a new blog post, Waymo laid out 10 takeaways from 200 million miles of autonomous operation. It took some swipes at Tesla’s approach to developing self-driving tech. Waymo casted doubt on camera-only systems, end-to-end AI, and improving a Level 2 system to full autonomy. Waymo didn’t name Tesla in its latest blog post. But it didn’t really have to. The two companies have spent years pursuing radically different visions of what self-driving technology should look like. And on Wednesday Waymo made it abundantly clear which it thinks will win. In the post, the company’s vice president of onboard software, Srikanth…
We’ve got two flash sales leading our midweek Green Deals, starting with Bluetti’s 72-hour flash sale with up to $701 savings on six power station alternator charger bundles starting from $629, as well as a solo deal below it for the brand’s 288Wh Elite 30 V2 Portable Power Station at $219. Next, there is Lectric’s 24-hour 25% off pet accessory flash sale with deals starting from $44, which is running alongside the brand’s ongoing Labor Day e-bike Sale. From there, we spotted the Greenworks 60V 21-inch 4-in-1 Cordless Self-Propelled Mower with 2x batteries at $440, a constantly fluctuating discount on…