All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2014 // Ford Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology.The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of...
Jan 16 2014 // If you think Google when you think about autonomous vehicles driving the streets, you’re leaving out the rest of the players in what some see as the future of the auto industry.If fact, there are enough players in...
Nov 20 2013 // Remember driving to the nearest pay phone to return a page? That’s about as far away from today’s technology as was the horse drawn carriage from the days of pagers and buck-a-gallon gasoline.That much was...
Sep 24 2013 // The world has moved quickly from wonder at the idea of driverless cars to impatient expectation. The Cadillac SRX zipping around a test track in suburban Detroit is flashing a sign: Not so fast.The car can pilot itself at...
Sep 5 2013 // Google is working with Virginia Tech researchers to bring its vision of cars that can drive themselves one step closer to reality.The technology company spent the past month in Blacksburg testing one of its self-driving...
Sep 4 2013 // Cars that drive themselves could be on U.S. roads by the end of this decade. But don’t take your foot off the pedal just yet.Automakers, universities and others are at various stages in the development of autonomous...
May 30 2013 // Self-driving cars being developed by Google Inc. and some automakers are getting a lift from U.S. auto-safety regulators eager to accelerate automation that they predict could prevent many crashes.Transportation Department...
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines.Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Sep 26 2012 // California took the fast lane to the future on Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that lets self-driving cars onto public roads.Brown rode to the signing ceremony at Google Inc. headquarters in the passenger seat...
Aug 21 2012 // Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses that can “talk” began traveling the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan today as part of a year-long safety pilot project by the U.S. Department of Transportation.The vehicles are...
Aug 20 2012 // The last non-renewal notice has been sent, the last credit score has been calculated, and the last tee time made by a personal lines marketing rep has been moved up.It wasn’t just one thing. It was a steady parade of...
Aug 15 2012 // Consulting firm KPMG and the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan released a report this month about how close the industry is to rolling out self-driving cars. They see the first such vehicles hitting showrooms in...
Aug 15 2012 // It’s been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they’re still not on the roads. But many auto executives say the industry...
May 8 2012 // The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has approved an application for a license by Google Inc. to test autonomous vehicles on Nevada public roads, DMV announced this week.It is the first license issued in the United...
Mar 5 2012 // Nevada is becoming the first of the U.S. states to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways.The state’s legislative commission has approved regulations that were vetted by car manufacturers, insurance...
Feb 17 2012 // Nevada is becoming the first of the U.S. states to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways.The state’s legislative commission on Wednesday approved regulations that were vetted by car manufacturers, insurance...