Some are speculating that U.S. national security concerns have spooked the Chinese, causing an abrupt halt to many foreign robots being tested on California roads. Didi is not the only Chinese company that appears to be scaling back autonomous vehicle testing in California, or pulling out entirely. A DMV spokesperson said that five Chinese-based companies … Continue reading Chinese Abruptly Remove Their Driverless Cars From California Roads →

The exit interview for the head of the NHTSA highlights their new road robot regulation program idea launched last June. We’re also considering a new program called AV STEP. That would combine the opportunity for manufacturers to deploy automated vehicles with a process that would allow NHTSA significant access to information about redundancy and safety … Continue reading NHTSA Promotes New “AV STEP” Program to Monitor Road Robots →

From the file of un-intelligence and how not to go to war, Russia continues rapidly grinding its own troops into shallow graves at an alarming rate. Russia began its tank-heavy assault on the eastern Ukrianian city of Avdiivka in October last year and has lost five battalions worth of equipment since. To put it another … Continue reading Russian Attack on Just One Ukrainian City Has Failed Six Times, Destroying Five of its Own Battalians →

The CyberTruck hasn’t lasted a month before getting into a near catastrophic head-on collision (fortunately mostly side-swiped), injuring the driver, according to police. In other words, a side swipe at moderate speed and the CyberTruck was totally cooked. Stick a fork in it. Elon Musk of course got this wrong when he cruelly stoked audience … Continue reading CyberTruck Crashed on Highway 35 →