{"podcast":{"title":"There Auto Be A Law","slug":"there-auto-be-a-law-5505020","podcast_index_feed_id":5505020,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/autosafety/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.autosafety.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/autosafety/20220622_020615_d745b9749bfdccc6ee6839a2c96bc342.jpg","author":"Center for Auto Safety","episode_count":210,"summary":"A discussion on auto safety issues and technological developments, in hopes of providing consumers and enthusiasts with a better understanding of modern vehicles, safety systems, and current issues in the auto industry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:17:56.993678+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020"},"episode":{"title":"Waymo's Woes, Tesla's Troubles and more auto safety news.","slug":"waymo-s-woes-tesla-s-troubles-and-more-auto-safety-news","published_at":"2025-12-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/waymo-s-woes-tesla-s-troubles-and-more-auto-safety-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/autosafety/2410776","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/135978/2410776/autosafety/2025_12_24_18_33_05_38b5a11f-cd4f-4b6a-974a-d0bf15207150.mp3","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","meta_description":"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 c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4043,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/episodes/waymo-s-woes-tesla-s-troubles-and-more-auto-safety-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/there-auto-be-a-law-5505020/waymo-s-woes-tesla-s-troubles-and-more-auto-safety-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}