Apple Now Has More Self-Driving Car Permits Than Tesla, Uber, and Waymo

What’s it like to ride in a self-driving car?

I’ve spent the past few months working on a 10,000-word special report on AVs for The Economist, which was published in this week’s issue. The focus of my report is mostly on the long-term implications of AVs, based on the assumption (a reasonable one, I think) that the technology can be made to work reliably in the next few years. Rather than focusing on the minutiae of things like the ever-changing industry alliances, or who is suing who, I concentrated instead on the impact on urban planning, the transformation of retailing and the broader social and political implications of cars that can drive themselves.

Waymo self-driving trucks are hauling gear for Google data centers

Baidu Apollo Releases Massive Self-driving Dataset; Teams Up With Berkeley DeepDrive