Tesla Must Pay $243 Million Over Fatal Autopilot Crash August 1, 2025 By Madlin Mekelburg Tesla must pay $243 million over an Autopilot crash that killed a woman and injured her boyfriend, the first big...
Tesla Settled Over Autopilot Crash With Truck Crossing Highway July 18, 2025 By Peter Blumberg Tesla Inc. settled a high-profile lawsuit over a driver’s death in 2019 when the Autopilot system in his Model 3...
Tesla’s Autopilot System in Spotlight at Trial Over Student Killed While Stargazing July 17, 2025 By Bernard Condon and Tom Krisher A rare trial against Elon Musk’s car company began this week in Miami where a jury will decide if it...
Waymo to Begin Data Collection in Tokyo With Driver-Operated Test Rides April 10, 2025 By Daniel Leussink Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo said on Thursday it will start collecting data in Tokyo with test rides operated by human...
Self-Driving Startup Nuro Raises $106 Million at Lower Valuation April 10, 2025 By Natalie Lung Nuro Inc., the self-driving tech startup founded by two former Waymo engineers, announced a new funding round that it said...
Alibaba Teams up With BMW to Develop AI for Cars in China March 27, 2025 By Luz Ding and Linda Lew Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and BMW AG will team up to produce AI for cars in China, as the tech...
Automakers, Tech Industry Urge Trump to Speed Self-Driving Car Deployment March 18, 2025 By David Shepardson Major automakers and tech groups on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to take steps to speed deployment of self-driving...
GM Takes Full Control of Cruise in Autonomous Personal Vehicle Shift February 5, 2025 By Kalea Hall and David Shepardson General Motors said on Tuesday it had completed the full acquisition of its Cruise business to focus on developing the...
US Closes Safety Investigation of GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Unit January 16, 2025 By Keith Laing U.S. auto safety regulators ended a federal investigation into Cruise robotaxis without taking action, removing an overhang weeks after General...
GM Self-Driving Unit Cruise Admits to Submitting False Report, Will Pay Fine November 18, 2024 By David Shepardson General Motors’ self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and will pay...