Autonomous Vehicle News
Tempe is among 14 cities where Tesla is hiring seasonal drivers to operate a vehicle for data collection. Most autonomous vehicle crashes involve TeslasTesla CEO Elon Musk said in the company’s first-quarter earnings call that 150 million miles were driven in the full "self-driving” beta testing, and said the company could reach fully autonomous vehicle capability this year. Autonomous vehicle killed pedestrian in TempeTempe also is the site of the first recorded pedestrian death in the U.S. of someone struck by a vehicle operating in fully autonomous mode. Elaine Herzberg was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle while jaywalking across Mill Avenue near Curry Road in 2018. Rafaela Vasquez, the safety driver in the Uber vehicle that hit and killed Herzberg, is facing charges in Herzberg’s death.