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Waymo Responds Regarding Child Hit By Robotaxi β€” Important Notes

31 January 2026 at 04:53

A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people’s blood boiling and fears soaring. But it’s quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being ... [continued]

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Clear Skies and Autonomous Waymo Rides at SFO

31 January 2026 at 04:20

Time to fly! Starting yesterday, Bay Area travelers can catch their next flight at San Francisco International Airport via convenient and fully autonomous Waymo rides. We’ll start by offering SFO access to a select number of riders and will gradually welcome all riders over the coming months. Initially, pickups and ... [continued]

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Hyundai Motor & Kia Unveil β€˜Vision Pulse,’ Driver Safety Technology that Detects Beyond Obstacles

31 January 2026 at 03:57

Vision Pulse leverages ultra-wide band (UWB) signals to detect precise object positions in real time and issue timely alerts, increasing driving safety UWB-based detection enables real-time accuracy of up to 10-centimeters within a 100-meter radius, even in visually obstructed environments Enables development of advanced driver assistance functions that maintain high ... [continued]

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Tesla, SpaceX, & xAI Merging?

30 January 2026 at 08:13

Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla’s solar business has declined a great ... [continued]

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Wall Street’s Failures on Tesla (TSLA) β€” And Has It Simply Flip Flopped?

30 January 2026 at 07:39

In response to my article yesterday about Tesla’s gradually declining net income, a reader pointed me in the direction of an interesting article from Fortune. Before I get to that and some additional thoughts that came out of that, it just hit me that I didn’t take a good look ... [continued]

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Forget Sensors, Tesla’s AI Training Costs Are Soaring

29 January 2026 at 04:58

One argument Elon Musk and Tesla fans have made for ages β€” for about a decade β€” is that the extra costs of sensors like lidar and radar for self-driving vehicles are not worth it, are illogical, and will be the death of a company like Waymo. Just use cameras ... [continued]

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Waabi Robotaxis, What?

28 January 2026 at 22:03

Just when you thought you knew all the robotaxi startups out there and the door was closing for any new entrants, here’s another one! And it’s coming in with a bang! Maybe some of you had spotted Waabi already, but I certainly hadn’t. The news today, though, is this robotaxi ... [continued]

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Tesla Removed Autopilot. The Data Says Safety Wasn’t Lost

28 January 2026 at 04:59

Tesla’s decision to remove Autopilot and Autosteer as standard features in North America initially struck me as a step backward for safety, a cash grab for the Full Self Driving monthly subscription and as such an attempt to boost TSLA stock price. That reaction was almost automatic. I’ve used and ... [continued]

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Waymo Responds Regarding Child Hit By Robotaxi β€” Important Notes

31 January 2026 at 04:53

A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people’s blood boiling and fears soaring. But it’s quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being ... [continued]

The post Waymo Responds Regarding Child Hit By Robotaxi β€” Important Notes appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Clear Skies and Autonomous Waymo Rides at SFO

31 January 2026 at 04:20

Time to fly! Starting yesterday, Bay Area travelers can catch their next flight at San Francisco International Airport via convenient and fully autonomous Waymo rides. We’ll start by offering SFO access to a select number of riders and will gradually welcome all riders over the coming months. Initially, pickups and ... [continued]

The post Clear Skies and Autonomous Waymo Rides at SFO appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Tesla, SpaceX, & xAI Merging?

30 January 2026 at 08:13

Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla’s solar business has declined a great ... [continued]

The post Tesla, SpaceX, & xAI Merging? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Wall Street’s Failures on Tesla (TSLA) β€” And Has It Simply Flip Flopped?

30 January 2026 at 07:39

In response to my article yesterday about Tesla’s gradually declining net income, a reader pointed me in the direction of an interesting article from Fortune. Before I get to that and some additional thoughts that came out of that, it just hit me that I didn’t take a good look ... [continued]

The post Wall Street’s Failures on Tesla (TSLA) β€” And Has It Simply Flip Flopped? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Forget Sensors, Tesla’s AI Training Costs Are Soaring

29 January 2026 at 04:58

One argument Elon Musk and Tesla fans have made for ages β€” for about a decade β€” is that the extra costs of sensors like lidar and radar for self-driving vehicles are not worth it, are illogical, and will be the death of a company like Waymo. Just use cameras ... [continued]

The post Forget Sensors, Tesla’s AI Training Costs Are Soaring appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Tesla Removed Autopilot. The Data Says Safety Wasn’t Lost

28 January 2026 at 04:59

Tesla’s decision to remove Autopilot and Autosteer as standard features in North America initially struck me as a step backward for safety, a cash grab for the Full Self Driving monthly subscription and as such an attempt to boost TSLA stock price. That reaction was almost automatic. I’ve used and ... [continued]

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How to Enhance 3D Gaussian Reconstruction Quality for Simulation

3 December 2025 at 17:30
Building truly photorealistic 3D environments for simulation is challenging. Even with advanced neural reconstruction methods such as 3D Gaussian Splatting...

Building truly photorealistic 3D environments for simulation is challenging. Even with advanced neural reconstruction methods such as 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) and 3D Gaussian with Unscented Transform (3DGUT), rendered views can still contain artifacts such as blurriness, holes, or spurious geometryβ€”especially from novel viewpoints. These artifacts significantly reduce visual quality and can…

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Time to Trade Your Old EV for a New One?

I have a Tesla Model 3 that is more than 6 years old, so I will discuss what upgrades to a new Tesla could do for me. However, note that you could now trade a used Tesla in for over 75 different EV models from Rivian, Ford, Chevrolet, Hummer, Cadillac, ... [continued]

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