Carmakers Push Toward ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving, Raising Questions of Safety, Liability February 23, 2026 By Nora Eckert and Abhirup Roy Automakers are racing toward a key milestone on the long road to fully driverless cars: systems that let drivers take...
Agency Probes Reports Waymo Self-Driving Cars Illegally Passed School Buses in Texas December 5, 2025 By David Shepardson A U.S. agency said on Thursday it has asked Waymo to answer more questions after Texas officials said the Alphabet...
Waymo, Via to Offer Autonomous Public Transit Rides in Arizona September 19, 2025 By Natalie Lung Via Transportation Inc., the public transit software maker that went public last Friday, will partner with Waymo to launch autonomous...
Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars November 19, 2024 By David Welch and Allyson Versprille Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles...
Alphabet’s Waymo Opens Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service to All in Los Angeles November 13, 2024 Alphabet’s Waymo said on Tuesday its autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo One, is now available to everyone in Los Angeles, a...
Self-Driving Cars Could Be on UK Roads by 2026: Transport Minister December 28, 2023 Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country’s transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars...
Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer October 25, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it...
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...
Robotaxi Coming to Austin and Phoenix September 16, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin General Motors’ self-driving technology unit Cruise plans to expand its driverless ride service to include Phoenix, Ariz. and Austin, Texas,...
GM, Alphabet Win California’s First Autonomous Permits for Passenger Rides September 30, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin, Jane Lanhee Lee and Paresh Dave General Motors Co.’s Cruise and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive autonomous...