Google's self-driving cars hit 2 million miles

Hackers demonstrated they can take over a Tesla from miles away if it connects to a malicious Wi-Fi hotspot. Dmitri Dolgov, a longtime veteran of Google's seven-year self-driving car effort, recently took over as technical lead, replacing Chris Urmson. SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's self-driving cars have hit another milestone on the road to the automotive future, notching two million miles on the autonomous-testing odometer. That mark, which the Alphabet-owned company announced Wednesday, was hit as other companies spent the summer dominating the self-driving headlines. Uber recently began picking up Pittsburgh passengers in its small fleet of driverless (though driver-monitored) vehicles, while Ford announced plans to sell transportation that lacked a steering wheel and pedals by 2021.