Tag: autonomous cars

• Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

  August 4, 2019

  The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›

• Uber Questions

  April 22, 2019

  Over the course of Uber’s remarkable rise — very significant stumbles along the way notwithstanding — it has been more prudent to defend the company’s valuation than to question it.… more ›

• Fake Lanes

  April 3, 2019

  In the scene we build, if the vehicle knows that the fake lane is pointing to the reverse lane, it should ignore this fake lane and then it could avoid… more ›

• Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane

  April 3, 2019

  By adding noise to lane-markings, they were able to fool the autopilot into losing the lanes altogether, however, the patches they had to apply to the lane-markings would not be… more ›

• Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane

  April 3, 2019

  Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote control over the steering, and an adversarial example attack on the… more ›

• Steps to autonomy

  March 29, 2018

  Steps to autonomy » The standard way to talk about autonomous cars, shown in this diagram, is to talk about levels. L1 is the cruise control in your father’s car. more ›

• Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye

  November 6, 2017

  Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye » This article will be included in “Redesigning the Industry,” a five-part Automotive News series exploring the future of a business in the… more ›

• End state

  November 6, 2017

  End state “The end state will be the fully autonomous module with no capability for the driver to exercise command. You will call for it, it will arrive at your… more ›

• Winner-takes all effects in autonomous cars

  August 23, 2017

  Winner-takes all effects in autonomous cars » There are now several dozen companies trying to make the technology for autonomous cars, across OEMs, their traditional suppliers, existing major tech companies… more ›

• Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap…

  April 8, 2017

  Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars » Is it a silly prank, a Pagan ritual, or a genius discovery about the next era of mass transit? In a picture… more ›