Latest Autonomous Vehicles Headlines
All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Driving in Georgia While Sitting in California; Remote Control Beats Autonomy
Apr 18 2019 // For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank of computer screens with a steering wheel in a darkened room, and began driving. As...
California to Consider Allowing Small Self-Driving Delivery Trucks on Roads
Apr 15 2019 // California regulators have proposed regulations that would allow vehicle manufacturers to test or deploy small self-driving delivery trucks on public roads, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles said in a...
Americans Still Don’t Trust Autonomous Vehicles, Reuters Poll Shows
Apr 15 2019 // Half of U.S. adults think automated vehicles are more dangerous than traditional vehicles operated by people, while nearly two-thirds said they would not buy a fully autonomous vehicle, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos...
Florida Could Expand Self-Driving Car Law
Apr 10 2019 // Self-driving vehicles could be operated in Florida without a human backup under a bill approved by a House committee last week, which could pave the way for companies like Uber and Lyft to deploy fleets of driverless...
Uber, Before IPO, Joins Others in Adjusting Timeline for Driverless Cars
Apr 9 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments, self-driving cars, is ready for wide-scale deployment, a senior scientist said on Monday, as the ride-sharing firm gears up to go...
Fixing Errors in Autonomous Cars’ Perceptions Before They Hit the Road
Apr 5 2019 // It’s a big question for many people in traffic-dense cities like Los Angeles: When will self-driving cars arrive? But following a series of high-profile accidents in the United States, safety issues could bring the...
3 Major Automakers Partner to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Safety Standards, Testing
Apr 3 2019 // Three major automakers said on Wednesday they were forming a consortium to help draw up safety standards for self-driving cars that could eventually help create regulations in the United States. General Motors Co., Ford...
Americans Still Don’t Trust Autonomous Vehicles: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
Apr 2 2019 // Half of U.S. adults think automated vehicles are more dangerous than traditional vehicles operated by people, while nearly two-thirds said they would not buy a fully autonomous vehicle, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos...
Uber Wins Dismissal of Investor Suit Over Acquisition of Truck Firm Otto
Apr 2 2019 // Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of ride-hailing company Uber, and the company’s directors won the dismissal of an investor lawsuit that sought to hold them liable for a fight over trade secrets that slowed...
IPO-Bound Lyft Tells Investors Lowering Insurance Costs Is Priority
Mar 21 2019 // Lyft Inc. executives are focused on cutting insurance costs and will phase in self-driving vehicles on simple routes first, they said at a road show for investors ahead of the ride-hailing company’s initial public...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash
Mar 18 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Ariz., in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said earlier this month. The Yavapai...
Most Americans Continue to Be Very Afraid of Self-Driving Cars: AAA Survey
Mar 15 2019 // Seven in 10 Americans don’t want to go anywhere near self-driving cars. The portion of Americans who fear autonomous vehicles—71 percent in the American Automobile Association’s latest survey—is virtually...
Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Cars
Mar 14 2019 // The Arkansas Legislature has approved a bill that allows pilot programs to test fully autonomous vehicles on state roads. The measure will let organizations submit operation and safety plans for up to three autonomous...
Development of Fully Autonomous Vehicles as Complex as Manned Mission to Mars: VW
Mar 11 2019 // Fully autonomous vehicles will take at least another five years to perfect, with the cost and complexity of rolling out the technology globally serving to undermine the business case, Volkswagen’s head of commercial...
Pittsburgh Autonomous Car Testing Plan Aims to Boost Public Confidence
Mar 7 2019 // Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries and have three days to reveal those that result in any damage. The guidelines are part of an executive...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The Yavapai County...
2 Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida Trigger Federal Safety Investigations
Mar 4 2019 // U.S. authorities are investigating a fatal Tesla Inc. Model S crash in Florida last Sunday that killed the driver and caused a massive fire, the second fatal Tesla crash in the state this week being probed, the National...
How to Get Autonomous Cars to Pull Over for Police
Feb 25 2019 // It was still dark on a Friday morning in November when a California Highway Patrol officer started following a Tesla Model S on Route 101 between the San Francisco International Airport and Palo Alto. The gray sedan was...
How Pricing Insurance for Cars of Future Could Bring Insurers, Carmakers Together
Feb 19 2019 // Dan Peate, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Southern California, was thinking of buying a Tesla Model X a few years ago—until he called his insurance company and found out how much his premiums would...
5 Reasons Autonomous Cars Won’t Be Available Anytime Soon
Feb 18 2019 // In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when they might actually be seen carrying passengers in every...
