All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2016 // Tesla Motors Inc. told U.S. Senate Commerce Committee staff it is considering two theories that may help explain what led to the May 7 fatal crash that killed a Florida man who was using the car’s...
Jul 21 2016 // The large volume of data Tesla Motors Inc. collects from its cars on the road has armed it with information to publicly counter, and possibly legally defend, claims about the safety of its Autopilot driving-assist...
Jul 20 2016 // Cybersecurity is the biggest concern for companies evaluating risk in the nascent self-driving vehicle industry, according to a survey conducted by Munich Re.The world’s second-biggest reinsurer found that 55 percent...
Jul 18 2016 // Telling Tesla drivers its Autopilot feature doesn’t mean their cars can drive themselves may not be enough to keep Elon Musk off the hot seat if the technology comes up short.This month, two Teslas equipped with...
Jul 13 2016 // Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said it will create a fleet of more than 100 research vehicles over the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, with the first models to hit the...
Jul 11 2016 // For years, U.S. investigators have been calling for more automation on motor vehicles, such as sensors that slam on the brakes to prevent a crash.At the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, in its probes of...
Jul 6 2016 // -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X to determine whether automated functions were in use at the time of the accident, the agency...
Jul 6 2016 // Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days after it crashed, the company said on Tuesday, defending its decision not to make the accident...
Jul 5 2016 // Every car on the roads is an accident waiting to happen. It’s about time Silicon Valley woke up to the fact.The boom in autonomous-driving technology offers the prospect of one day reducing the roughly 90 percent of...
Jul 1 2016 // U.S. regulators are investigating a fatal accident involving a Tesla Motors Inc. sedan that was driving on autopilot, drawing scrutiny to a key technology the electric-vehicle maker is betting on for the future of...
Jul 1 2016 // Peter Mills sees an inconsistency. One arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation is recommending two-person crews be required for freight trains as another plans to spend billions to help develop driverless technology...
Jun 30 2016 // Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers are eager to replace the daily commute’s drudgery with a self-driving car and 80 percent say they would pay extra to have a robot take the wheel, according to a survey that...
Jun 20 2016 // Global sales of autonomous vehicles will reach nearly 21 million vehicles by 2035, a substantial increase from previous estimates, according to a forecast from auto industry information firm IHS Automotive.Roughly 600,000...
Jun 20 2016 // That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind.Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and drones...
Jun 9 2016 // That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind.Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and drones...
Jun 9 2016 // Self-driving cars must increase safety at least twofold to make a real dent in the 38,000 lives lost on American roads last year, the U.S. auto-safety chief said as the federal government prepares to release rules for...
Jun 9 2016 // Global sales of autonomous vehicles will reach nearly 21 million vehicles by 2035, a substantial increase from previous estimates, according to a forecast from the automobile industry information firm IHS Automotive.By...
Jun 9 2016 // General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra on Tuesday said she believes self-driving vehicles should keep steering wheels, brake pedals and accelerators in them as the technology develops.“We think that having...
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor.That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Jun 2 2016 // Honda Motor Co gave a sneak preview of its self-driving prototypes on Wednesday, saying it was already on its way to offering semi-autonomous safety functions to the mass market.The Japanese automaker has been less vocal...