Alphabet’s Waymo Probed by US After Autonomous Car Incidents May 14, 2024 By Keith Laing The top US auto-safety regulator opened an investigation into Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., after 22...
Tesla Critics Say the Autopilot Recall Fixes Don’t Go Far Enough December 14, 2023 By Keith Laing Tesla Inc.’s decision to fix more than 2 million vehicles’ Autopilot driver-assistance systems after a federal probe drew some praise...
Congress Wades Into Self-Driving Debate With New House Bills July 26, 2023 By Keith Laing Congress is wading into the debate over whether automakers should be allowed to sell hundreds of thousands of self-driving cars...
Tesla Faces Increase in Complaints Over ‘Phantom Braking’ June 6, 2022 By Keith Laing Tesla Inc. is facing stepped-up scrutiny from US regulators who have received 758 complaints of cars made by the company...
Average Age of US Cars Hits Record 12.2 Years in Fifth Straight Annual Increase May 23, 2022 By Keith Laing Cars on US roads are as old as they’ve ever been, potentially complicating efforts to expand the use of new...
Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes But Others Are Skeptical. January 10, 2022 By Keith Laing Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by...
Safety Advocates Are Worried As Teen Truckers Hit the Road December 3, 2021 By Keith Laing Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year he jumped...
Infrastructure Bill Includes Safety Technology Mandates for Cars, Trucks August 3, 2021 By Keith Laing and Lillianna Byington New cars will be required to have technology to detect drunk drivers and a system to keep children from being...
Three Disasters Show Gaps in Infrastructure Plan May 25, 2021 By Keith Laing and David R. Baker Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s...
Debate Over Liability Holds Up Self-Driving Car Legislation in Senate May 24, 2021 By Keith Laing A debate over who to blame — or sue — when a self-driven car hits someone is holding up legislation...