All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2018 // When it’s machine versus human, it’s more likely humans will be exchanging insurance information with other humans, according to data released by the electric car maker Tesla.In the first quarterly report on...
Oct 5 2018 // The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads without equipment such as steering wheels, pedals and mirrors, according to a document made public...
Sep 27 2018 // Toyota Motor Corp., Asia’s biggest carmaker, is preparing for a potential future where people don’t buy cars.That’s behind the hefty investments that the company has made in ride-hailing providers, most...
Sep 20 2018 // Niche market specialty insurer Assurant has invested in a technology startup focused on connected car services.The New York-based company declined to disclose the level of investment in Mojio, a technology platform and...
Sep 19 2018 // Less than half of Americans (43 percent) are interested in utilizing self-driving cars, down from 53 percent last year.According to an annual sharing economy index by Allianz Global Assistance, the lack of interest is...
Sep 17 2018 // Germany’s Volkswagen is in talks with other carmakers to set common standards for self-driving vehicle technology, Automotive News reported on Friday.The Volkswagen Group is discussing the initiative with more than...
Sep 17 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose.The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
Sep 13 2018 // Sweden’s Volvo, the world’s second-biggest truck maker, presented a new self-driving electric truck on Wednesday, which it said should help respond to the boom in e-commerce and a shortage of freight...
Sep 4 2018 // An Apple Inc. self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the...
Aug 28 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose.The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
Aug 20 2018 // New York City’s first driverless shuttle has arrived.In Times Square, a self-driving P-1 shuttle from COAST Autonomous was demonstrated July 17 along an approximately 150-yard course. “It’s...
Aug 17 2018 // You’re crossing the street wrong.That is essentially the argument some self-driving car boosters have fallen back on in the months after the first pedestrian death attributed to an autonomous vehicle and amid growing...
Aug 16 2018 // Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona.The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars starting Aug. 16 at a Fry’s Food Stores...
Aug 9 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. is creating a standalone business out of its long-haul trucking business, with plans to double its investment in the unit to drive growth ahead of a much-anticipated initial public offering.Uber said...
Aug 9 2018 // Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you’re not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns.The Insurance Institute for...
Jul 31 2018 // Uber will stop developing self-driving trucks that have been hauling cargo on U.S. highways, the ride-hailing company said on Monday, seeking to focus its autonomous-vehicle technology solely on cars.Through its...
Jul 27 2018 // Uber has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh-area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Arizona.A spokeswoman said the company put a handful of...
Jul 26 2018 // There’s a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride.Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in startup Voyage as the...
Jul 18 2018 // New York City’s first driverless shuttle has arrived.In Times Square, a self-driving P-1 shuttle from COAST Autonomous was demonstrated Tuesday along an approximately 150-yard course. “It’s...
Jul 17 2018 // A city in central Oklahoma is spending millions of dollars preparing for self-driving cars while working to alleviate traffic problems.Edmond Traffic Engineer Tom Minnick told The Oklahoman that the city is laying down...