Enlarge / Four Blackmore lidar units sit atop a demo vehicle in Washington DC. (credit: Timothy B. Lee)
Fresh from a $530 million fundraising round earlier this year, self-driving startup Aurora made a big bet on lidar last week. The
Update: It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the US, and the Ars staff has a long weekend accordingly. As we all reflect on the sacrifice of the people bravely serving in the Armed Forces, we thought resurfacing this piece—an
Enlarge / A view of the exit of The Boring Company’s test tunnel in Hawthorne. (credit: The Boring Company)
On Wednesday, the board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) voted to grant The Boring Company—Elon Musk’s private
Enlarge / This is Recology’s new BYD 8R, the first electric rear-loading class 8 garbage truck in the US. (credit: BYD)
If you live in Seattle, your scheduled garbage pickup might be about to get a lot quieter. Recology, a
Enlarge / A Tesla Model 3. (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
In recent weeks, Tesla has been pushing out a new version of Autopilot with automatic lane-change capabilities to Model 3s—including one owned by Consumer Reports. So the group dispatched several
Enlarge / An illustration of the new Cadillac CT5 with the electrical systems highlighted in teal. (credit: General Motors)
A common criticism of the increasingly digital nature of new cars and trucks is that all these new features are being
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Police in the Netherlands on Thursday arrested a Tesla driver who had apparently fallen asleep at the wheel while driving down the highway. A Dutch police agency reported the arrest on Instagram.
A 50-year-old
The 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ]
I’ll admit to being a little trepidatious reviewing the Toyota Corolla Hatchback. I didn’t exactly gel with the new Camry, and the two cars share the same underpinnings. Not that
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A Tesla Model 3 had Autopilot active in the seconds before it crashed into a semi truck in March, killing the driver, the National Transportation Safety Board reported on Thursday.
Jeremy Banner was
