Latest Autonomous Vehicles Headlines

All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Uber Goes to Washington. Autonomous Cars with Humans to Collect Data in D.C.

Jan 24 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. will put self-driving vehicles on Washington, D.C. roads Friday with human drivers in control, the ride share company said on Thursday, as it seeks to collect data for future deployment of fully...

Is it a MORAL or MORALE hazard?

Jan 22 2020 // I just read a really interesting article about determining liability when there is a car accident involving an autonomous vehicle. The article presents some of the findings from a study done by Columbia Engineering and...

Using Game Theory to Determine Who’s Liable: Autonomous Vehicle or Human Driver?

Jan 15 2020 // A recent decision by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the March 2018 Uber crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona split the blame among Uber, the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV), the safety...

Test for Self-Driving Shuttles to Run in Columbus, Ohio, Neighborhood

Jan 14 2020 // Self-driving shuttles will do a circuit through a residential neighborhood in Ohio’s capital city as part of a year-long pilot program starting in late January.Three, 12-passenger, disabled-accessible electric...

Feds to Investigate Deadly Tesla Crash in California

Jan 13 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced.The agency wouldn’t say whether the Tesla Model S...

How Big Tech Hopes to Turn Cars into Connected Revenue Machines

Jan 9 2020 // Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue. Now, big tech wants to work with automakers to do the same thing for your car.With the widespread rollout of autonomous...

U.S. Safety Agency Opens Probe into Deadly Tesla Crash in Indiana

Jan 9 2020 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is launching an investigation into the Dec. 29 crash of a Tesla Model 3 that left a passenger dead after the vehicle collided with a parked fire truck...

Feds to Investigate Deadly Tesla Crash in California

Jan 3 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday.Agency spokesman Sean Rushton wouldn’t...

Autonomous Cars Could Worsen Gridlock. Smart Intersections Could Help.

Dec 17 2019 // In the not-so-distant future, city streets could be flooded with autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars can move faster and travel closer together, allowing more of them to fit on the road – potentially leading to...

Federal Safety Agency Starts 12th Probe Into Tesla Crashes

Dec 16 2019 // The U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it will investigate a 12th Tesla crash that may be tied to the vehicle’s advanced Autopilot driver assistance system after a Tesla Model 3 rear-ended a parked police car in...

Tesla Crash in Connecticut Elicits New Warnings About Autopilot Shortcomings

Dec 10 2019 // Another Tesla Inc. vehicle operating on the carmaker’s driver-assistance system branded as Autopilot has crashed into a parked emergency vehicle, eliciting fresh warnings about the shortcomings of automated...

Tesla Driver Who Hit Two Cars in Connecticut Says He Used Autopilot

Dec 9 2019 // The driver of a Tesla says the car was on autopilot when it struck a police cruiser and a disabled vehicle on Saturday in Connecticut, according to State Police.State Police said troopers responded to Interstate 95...

U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death

Nov 20 2019 // A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle development in an investigation into the first-ever death involving a self-driving...

New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle

Nov 18 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers.The National Transportation Safety Board...

Robotaxi Tech Proving Difficult to Perfect: Daimler CEO

Nov 15 2019 // Daimler has taken a “reality check” on self-driving “robotaxis,” acknowledging that making them safe is proving harder than first thought amid questions over their future earnings potential.Chief...

New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle

Nov 8 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers.The National Transportation Safety Board...

Uber’s Self-Driving Car That Killed Pedestrian Lacked Tech to Detect Jaywalkers

Nov 7 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers, according to documents released by U.S. safety...

Autonomous Deliveries Will Likely Catch on Before Taxis, Says Waymo CEO

Oct 29 2019 // True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says robot ride hailing may not be the first form of automotive autonomy to take off...

U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash

Oct 18 2019 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a March 2018 Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona.The...

Travelers Joins MIT Research Groups Focused on Autonomous Transportation

Oct 10 2019 // The Travelers Companies has joined the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), organizations working to advance...