The Great Parking Lot Honk-Off: Autonomous Cars Gone Wild

Welcome to the chaos of self-driving Waymo vehicles in San Francisco, Elon Musk's questionable promises on robo taxis, and the potential dangers of autonomous vehicles on highways. We question the AV industry's adherence to ethical practices and discuss the severe consequences of failing lithium-ion batteries. Plus recalls. And get your Takata airbag replaced.

This weeks links:

• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/self-driving-waymo-cars-keep-sf-residents-awake-all-night-by-honking-at-each-other/
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/uber-ceo-says-theres-a-potentially-big-problem-with-elon-musks-robotaxi-idea/ar-AA1oxrty?ocid=BingNewsVerp
• https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/08/tech/korea-ev-explosion-safety-fears/
• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/11/the-self-driving-startup-everyone-forgot-about-weve-actually-dramatically-accelerated-our-autonomy-progress/
• https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/ece649/lectures/24_ethics.pdf
• https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/with-the-right-mindset-speed-limiting-technology-can-be-liberating
• https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/lighted-crosswalks-make-drivers-more-apt-to-yield-to-pedestrians
• https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/the-new-gm-cruise-safety-plan
• https://jalopnik.com/polestar-won-t-offer-self-driving-tech-until-100-perce-1851608555
• https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/traffic-new-york-city-now-worst-world-literally-report
• https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/765000-owners-still-have-airbags-recalled-in-2015-stop-driving-ford-says/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V583-3553.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24E066-7144.PDF