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A video of Tesla FSD uploaded by YouTuber Ryan Cowan.

‘You can tell I’m not steering’: Self-driving Teslas hit Australian roads

Tesla drivers rave about automated driving, but the car’s technology still struggles with roundabouts and hook turns.

  • Elias Visontay

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The empty driver’s seat on board a driverless vehicle.

No tips required: Driverless taxis could soon be on Australian roads

Being a passenger in a self-driving car is surreal, but if Uber’s planned deployment of robo-taxis goes to plan, it is going to become increasingly common.

  • Cara Waters
A driver takes their hands off the wheel of a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle equipped with autonomous driving technology during a test ride in the Yokohama, Japan.

I thought self-driving cars were for tech bros. As a mum who’s driven one, I was so wrong

The rules are pretty strict: hands near the wheel, eyes on the road. But for once, I was able to drive a car and let it go.

  • Ali Berg
Waymo driverless cabs have become conspicuous on the streets of San Francisco.

Google wants to bring its driverless taxis to Sydney’s streets

Think an Uber, but with no driver, and a steering wheel that turns itself.

  • David Swan

I can’t wait for driverless taxis to arrive in Australia

They’re becoming more commonplace in the US, and I can’t wait to hail my first driverless cab.

  • Gary Nunn
Sydney man Adrian Seib filmed this, his first exhilarating experience in a driverless taxi in Los Angeles.
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Driverless cab ride

Sydney man Adrian Seib filmed this, his first exhilarating experience in a driverless taxi in Los Angeles.

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Viking labourers a right carry on, says Barber of Windsor

First pillage, then picket.

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Relax. It’s just dessert

Presidents take the cake.

A Waymo self-driving taxi in San Francisco.

Riding in a driverless taxi has become a must-do tourist attraction in the US

Tourists are putting riding in a driverless taxi on their must-do lists, but it requires some planning.

  • Lauren Sloss
Researchers found women were quicker at retaking the wheel when a car was in driverless mode.

Women better in driverless cars than men

Researchers believe that driverless car software in the future may need to have settings based on gender and age.

  • Sarah Knapton