Self-driving car industry 'trying to overcome human error,' asks for new federal standards

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wy., said she is "super excited" about autonomous vehicles and the protections they could afford drivers in her home state, where long drives are part of everyday life.
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Waymo Attacks Tesla With $16 Billion Bank Account

A $16 billion Waymo cash infusion from Alphabet and other investors threatens Tesla's plans for supremacy in the self-driving car industry.

Waymo founder calls out Tesla for concerning feature in Full Self-Driving system: '[It] wouldn't even pass a DMV vision test'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that the cameras and data processing power of the system replicate human eyes and the brain and will therefore be sufficient. Krafcik vehemently disagreed, saying FSD suffers from a "bad case of myopia," and that features such as lidar and radar — which are used by other manufacturers — are necessary.

Child struck by self-driving Waymo car near school, sparking probe

The crash occurred within two blocks of an elementary school in Santa Monica, California during normal student drop-off hours, according to NHTSA.