Floodgates open for Tesla lawsuits, Waymo expands, and US goes nuclear

On today’s high-dollar episode of Quick Charge, Tesla is reeling from a $243 million judgement against it in a high-profile wrongful death case involving the company’s Autopilot system, and has a hard time getting the relevant data to NHTSA.

We’ve also got news that Waymo its expanding its L4 autonomous and driverless taxi operations into four new US cities across Florida and Texas, bringing its total to 10 compared to Tesla’s 0 total cities with driverless electric vehicles in operation.

Plus: the US Air Force has deployed the world’s first portable 5MW nuclear reactor – which seems like the kind of thing we should all know about, you know?

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• Tesla has to pay historic $243 million judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
  • Tesla avoids 30-day California sales suspension after dropping misleading ‘Autopilot’ marketing
  • Tesla sues California DMV to reverse ‘Full Self-Driving’ false advertising ruling
• Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data
• Waymo adds 4 more cities to its robotaxi service, now 10 total (Tesla: still 0)
  • Tesla admits it still needs drivers and remote operators — then argues that’s better than Waymo
  • Waymo founder trashes Tesla safety as Waymos illegally pass school buses
• World’s first: US Air Force deploys portable nuclear power station

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