Off Beat The story behind the ‘cheater car’ seen driving around Boston There is a car seen around Boston that appears to be vandalized, with the word "CH3ATER" written across it in blood-red ...

Sure, they might own a fancy car in their collection (Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has a $1.4 million Pagani Huayra), but you don't typically see them driving them past a CVS in a supercar on a Tuesday.

In effect, the Matrix-like world that this advanced form of 3D-mapping produces is what self-driving cars will see. We’ve seen videos of what Google’s self-driving cars see, but Nokia’s maps ...

For over a decade, companies from Google to General Motors have poured billions of dollars into the pursuit of what was seen as the Holy Grail of driving technology: the fully self-driving car.

Using a Little Tikes car as inspiration, Dave Harmon built his Little Tikes Cozy Coupe a couple of years ago from a Geo Tracker. Monday, May 12, 2025.

Tampa’s Riverwalk turned into River “drive” on Sunday when a Toyota Corolla was seen driving down the pedestrian-only area near the Tampa Convention Center in downtown.

Zoox, a self-driving car company owned by Amazon, is deploying robot taxis without steering wheels, driver seats or drivers. But like all other self-driving cars, they still need help from humans.

But in a Level 3 car you'll need to remain awake because whenever self-driving conditions are not met, the system needs a human driver to take control. And NO, DO NOT sleep in a Tesla on Autopilot.

A lot of new cars can drive themselves down the middle of a lane and adjust speed to match traffic. Some even let you go hands-free at times. But they all require very close supervision.

The promise of self-driving cars is exciting, but solving the technical, legal, and ethical challenges to get us there is more complicated—and fascinating—than most people realize.

When I took my first self-driving ride in the mid-2010s, in a Waymo car, the hype surrounding the technology was approaching its peak. Across the industry, executives insisted autonomous vehicles ...