SELF-DRIVING Definition & Meaning

self-driving

[self-drahy-ving]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
(of a vehicle) navigated and maneuvered by a computer without a need for human control or intervention under a range of driving situations and conditions.
self-driving cars.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of self-driving¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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Should I trust my life to a self-driving Waymo car?

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Last month, the company began selectively testing self-driving Model Y vehicles in Austin, Texas.

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Tesla is increasingly banking its future on self-driving technology and autonomous taxi operations.

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Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, along with Amazon's Zoox, already offer self-driving taxi rides in Austin, as well as in San Francisco, California, and Phoenix, Arizona.

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Mr Miller said Tesla is betting that the volume of cars it delivers, data it has from vehicles and cheaper, camera-based self-driving tech "will allow it to come from behind and pull ahead" of rivals.

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