r/SelfDrivingCars is a subreddit with 113k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses self driving, struggling, waymo, ride, and tesla.
News and discussion about Autonomous Vehicles and Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Popular Themes in r/SelfDrivingCars
#1
News
: "Tesla FSD plows through railroad gate, keeps going"
121 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Driver, 87, dies after Tesla on Autopilot mode crashes into pond"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "FSD approval in the Netherlands — was there Netherlands-specific training?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/SelfDrivingCars
#1
Self Driving
15 posts
#2
Struggling
9 posts
#3
Waymo
: "New Waymo Safety Report Covering 220.6M Rider-only Miles Through March 2026"
8 posts
#4
Ride
: "WeRide and Grab Officially Launch Singapore's First Autonomous Public Ride Service in Punggol"
5 posts
#5
Tesla
: "Tesla Driver Caught Sleeping Going 78 MPH On I-5, State Patrol Says"
5 posts
#6
Annoying
4 posts
#7
Cruise
4 posts
#8
Robotaxi
: "Introducing our next Zoox Robotaxi design."
4 posts
#9
Fsd
: "First Fsd Critical Error"
3 posts
#10
Uber
2 posts
Flair Used in r/SelfDrivingCars
#1
News
: "Reuters tests out Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas"
128 posts
#2
Driving Footage
: "Tesla has begun testing Cybercab with no manual vehicle controls on public roads in Austin."
24 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Zoox continues to run laps around Tesla's Robotaxi operations"
20 posts
#4
Research
: "Built a classical perception pipeline (no deep learning for detection) on infrastructure LiDAR - here's what actually broke"
1 post
Member Growth in r/SelfDrivingCars
Yearly
+12k members(11.6%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026