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#Car safety experts at #NHTSA, which regulates #Tesla , axed by #DOGE

Job cuts at the US traffic safety #regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.
#Musk #selfdriving #takedown #conflictofinterest #ai

arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/c

A Tesla that crashed into a hardware store
Ars Technica · Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGEBy Financial Times

Lyft said it plans to offer driverless vehicles on its platform "as soon as this summer,” and that it sees human drivers transitioning to other work such as fleet management as autonomous rides become more ubiquitous. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025 #business #tech #lyft #selfdriving #jobs

The Japan Times · Lyft to offer driverless ride-hails ‘as soon as this summer’By Natalie Lung

Tesla dropped LIDAR from their cars and is relying on just camera visuals for their self-driving feature. That’s a big problem. Watch this comparison between a car that incorporates LIDAR vs a Tesla, and see the Tesla slam into the “pedestrian” again & again.

The tests include a tromp l’oeil wall, which is probably silly, but the other tests are valid.

youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=Mc5HEi