BMW And Mercedes Dropped LiDAR Over Cost, China Puts It On A $10K Hatch

    Updated BYD Seagull for MY26 is available with the brand’s DiPilot 300 driver assistance package https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ by Chris Chilton 23 minutes ago BYD has rolled out a revised version of the little Seagull hatch in China. The tiny EV starts at $10,300, or $13,400 with BYD’s DiPilot 300 ADAS. DiPilot 300 isn’t fully autonomous, but…

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    'Elon is gambling' — How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale

    ‘Elon is gambling’ — How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale

    The very day Elon Musk expanded the boundaries of his three-week-old autonomous ride hailing service in Austin, Joe Tegtmeyer’s Tesla tried to illegally run a railroad crossing just as a locomotive approached. “The robotaxi did not see that, and the safety observer had to stop the vehicle until the train had passed. So there’s a…

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    The first Tesla just drove itself from its factory straight to the customer

    The first Tesla just drove itself from its factory straight to the customer

    Tesla celebrated a historic first on Friday when a new Model Y left the factory in Austin and—without anyone in the vehicle—drove itself to a waiting customer a half-hour away. Already the second milestone this week after the commercial deployment of his robotaxi service, it marks an early birthday present for CEO Elon Musk. The entrepreneur had promised…

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