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Self-Driving Cars
May 3, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Forget Tech Bro Fantasies of Self-Driving Cars and Just Invest in Buses Already
Lyft and Uber’s autonomous vehicle hype has far outstripped progress. Let’s put our hopes, and our money, elsewhere.
March 22, 2018
Matt Ford
Footage of the fatal self-driving Uber crash raises new questions about legal liability.
March 20, 2018
Matt Ford
A Self-Driving Uber Killed a Woman. Whose Fault Is It?
The fatality in Tempe, Arizona, took place in a regulatory vacuum.
March 31, 2016
Adam Peck
The self-driving cars of the future are no match for our horrible infrastructure.

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