Hands-Free Driving Systems Do Not Improve Safety, NTSB Says April 6, 2026 By Josh Funk The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people...
US Ends Probe into Tesla Remote Driving Feature After Software Updates April 6, 2026 By David The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it closed a probe into nearly 2.6 million Tesla vehicles...
Tesla Faces Intensified US Safety Probe Over ‘Full-Self Driving’ March 19, 2026 By Ryan Beene U.S. auto safety regulators escalated an investigation of Tesla Inc.’s partially automated driving system marketed as “Full-Self Driving,” citing additional...
Nuro’s Self-Driving Car Tech Hits Tokyo Streets in First International Deployment March 12, 2026 By Akash Sriram U.S.-based startup Nuro said on Wednesday its self-driving vehicles are now operating on public roads in Tokyo with safety operators...
US Seeks Comment on Zoox Petition to Deploy Robotaxis Without Steering Wheels March 10, 2026 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on Amazon.com’s self-driving unit Zoox to deploy...
Waymo Co-CEO Outlines Path to 1 Million Weekly Trips in 2026 February 12, 2026 By Ed Ludlow Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, will hit more than 1 million paid weekly robotaxi rides in the US by...
Waymo Valued at $126B in Latest Financing as Robotaxis Gather Steam February 4, 2026 By Ateev Bhandari Alphabet unit Waymo said it had raised $16 billion in its latest fundraising round that valued the self-driving car startup...
Tesla Plots $20 Billion Splurge to Support Musk’s AI Future January 29, 2026 By Kara Carlson Tesla Inc. will spend over $20 billion on a dramatic reshuffling of factory lines reflecting Elon Musk’s repositioning of the...
Waymo Probed by US Safety Agency Over Austin School Bus Mishaps January 26, 2026 By Natalie Lung and Kara Carlson U.S. transportation safety investigators are probing a series of incidents in which self-driving cars operated by Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit...
Musk Expects Europe, China to Approve Tesla’s Full Self-Driving System Soon January 23, 2026 By Akash Sriram Tesla is likely to win regulatory approval in Europe and China for its driver-supervised Full Self-Driving system as early as...