Episode
Waymo's Woes, Tesla's Troubles and more auto safety news.
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- There Auto Be A Law
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- Dec 25, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 4043
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Summary
A power outage leaves Waymo's stranded physically and metaphorically as they, in our opinion, try to figure out who to blame. Tesla is finally told they cannot use the term "autopilot" to sell a feature that is not "autopilot". Uber doesn't seem to care if they hire criminals, New Hampshire thinks safety inspections are no longer needed and some Senators try to make autonomous vehicles stick to an operating design domain. Plus recalls. Support the only show that pulls the curtain back on tech-bro nonsense. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/waymo-san-francisco-power-earthquake.html https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/waymo-san-francisco-power-outage-21255470.php https://electrek.co/2025/12/17/ca-judge-rules-tesla-lied-about-fsd-must-fix-marketing-within-60-days/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-checks-sexual-assault.html https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-and-blumenthal-introduce-new-safety-legislation-for-self-driving-cars https://carnewschina.com/2025/12/06/baidus-robotaxi-causes-accident-in-a-central-city-of-china-leaves-two-in-intensive-care/ https://www.jalopnik.com/2053325/new-hampshire-rid-car-inspections/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/amazons-zoox-recall-332-us-vehicles-over-software-error-nhtsa-says-2025-12-23/ https://www.autosafety.org/autonomous-vehicle-checklist/ https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V857-8946.pdf https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V859-5125.pdf https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V863-7819.pdf https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V882-4922.pdf