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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Hidden Autopilot Data Shows Patterns in Tesla Crashes

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A WSJ investigation reveals previously unknowable patterns in crashes involving Tesla’s driver-assistant system, Autopilot. Frank Matt, a WSJ senior video journalist, joins host Zoe Thomas to explain the comprehensive analysis of crash data and the longstanding concerns about Tesla’s Autopilot. Plus, why Amazon is expanding its ultrafast delivery to rural U.S. communities. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:17.0

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday August 5th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:25.9

Amazon's last frontier of ultra-fast delivery in the US is reaching into the remote

0:31.6

corners of America.

0:33.0

We'll tell you why and what it could mean for the U.S. Postal Service.

0:38.0

And then, Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system relies mostly on cameras, which differs from the rest of the industry.

0:46.5

A W.S.J. analysis has revealed previously unknowable patterns in crashes involving this system called autopilot and found autopilot

0:56.1

sometimes struggles to recognize obstacles or stay on the road.

1:00.5

We'll bring you details of that investigation.

1:05.0

But first, if you order toilet paper or baby wipes off Amazon and you live in New York City, San Francisco, or other urban areas,

1:16.6

your package could arrive in a day or less.

1:20.0

But if you live in a remote rural area, the US, that same package could take several days to show up.

1:27.0

Amazon wants to bridge that gap.

1:29.0

The retail giant is expanding its one to two day delivery capabilities throughout the country, including small

1:35.9

cities and towns in Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Texas.

1:40.2

Here to tell us more is our reporter Sebastian Herrera.

1:43.2

Sebastian, how does Amazon plan to reach these really remote places in the U.S?

1:48.1

So a big part of how they're doing this is they're literally opening up delivery centers closer to remote areas of the

1:56.1

country and they're actually using a lot of local businesses to do the pickups

2:01.5

through this program that's called Amazon Hub.

2:04.0

So they're relying on people that live and work remotely

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