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Hackaday Links: August 18, 2024

They’re back! The San Francisco autonomous vehicle hijinks, that is, as Waymo’s fleet of driverless cars recently took up the fun new hobby of honking their horns in the wee hours of th…

Tesla’s Profit Fell 45% in the Second Quarter on Weak E.V. Sales

The company led by Elon Musk is selling fewer electric cars, and its big bets on driverless taxis and artificial intelligence could take many years to pay off.

Well, maybe it's not a brilliant idea after all to make cars that literally look like dumpsters...
Tesla is doomed. Those cars were hyped, but nowdays there are much better options.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/business/tesla-q2-earnings-elon-musk.html

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● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Environment ☞ #Driverless Cars Won’t be Good for the Environment If They Lead to More Auto Use https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/31/driverless-cars-wont-be-good-for-the-environment-if-they-lead-to-more-auto-use/

Driverless Cars Won’t be Good for the Environment If They Lead to More Auto Use

For years, self-driving car technology has remained tantalizingly just beyond the horizon. Bold predictions notwithstanding, fully automated vehicles