Best Self-driving & autonomous vehicles videos, as recommended on Hacker News

26 videos about self-driving & autonomous vehicles that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2012 and 2026. Mostly talk, demo, podcast. Channels that come up most: Lex Fridman, Tesla, Not Just Bikes, SXSW. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it): Frequently recommended in autonomous vehicle and Waymo threads as the main counterargument, a long but worthwhile video essay on how self-driving cars could affect cities.

commentaryHow Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)Not Just Bikes · 17 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
talkGoogle Self-Driving Car Project | SXSW Interactive 2016SXSW · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018
talkAndrej Karpathy - AI for Full-Self Driving at TeslaMatroid · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
podcastGeorge Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31Lex Fridman · 7 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
explainerTraffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem.CGP Grey · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
podcastGeorge Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Podcast #132Lex Fridman · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
talkai.bythebay.io: George Hotz, Self-Driving Lessons from Comma AIFunctionalTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
podcastAndrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333Lex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
talk[CVPR'21 WAD] Keynote - Andrej Karpathy, TeslaWAD at CVPR · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
commentaryVeritasium: A Story of YouTube PropagandaTom Nicholas · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
talkTesla Autonomy DayTesla · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
lectureSacha Arnoud, Director of Engineering, Waymo - MIT Self-Driving CarsLex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
talkTesla AI Day 2022Tesla · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
talkHow Google's Self-Driving Car WorksIEEE Spectrum · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2016
demoCan You Fool A Self Driving Car?Mark Rober · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
talkAutonomous Car - what goes into sensing for autonomous driving?Mobileye · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2016
demoTesla Self Driving vs Everyday Roads!Marques Brownlee · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
demoYandex Self-Driving Car. Moscow streets after a heavy snowfallЯндекс Go · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2018
demodrive.ai Rainy Night Autonomous Drivedrive.ai · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2017
talkElon Musk on Cameras vs LiDAR for Self Driving and Autonomous CarsAutoPilot Review · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
talkAndrej Karpathy (Tesla): CVPR 2021 (see description for better quality version)YarrowFlower · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
interviewElon Musk: Tesla Autopilot | Lex Fridman Podcast #18Lex Fridman · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025
podcastNo Priors Ep. 80 | With Andrej Karpathy from OpenAI and TeslaNo Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
demoRiding in a Self Driving Car - With Nobody Up Front | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #1JJRicks · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2022
talkChris Urmson: How a driverless car sees the roadTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
explainerTesla Autopilot Crashes into Motorcycle Riders - Why?FortNine · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024