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Are Autonomous Vehicles Safe for Public Roads? There’s a Tool for Gauging That.

Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving startup founded by former Tesla, Uber and Google executives, has released what it says is the industry’s first tool for evaluating whether and when autonomous trucks and cars are safe to deploy on public roads …

Waymo Says Ex-Uber CEO Knew of Engineer’s Google Info

Ousted Uber Technologies Inc. head Travis Kalanick learned early last year that the engineer who until recently oversaw the company’s driverless car project possessed discs of information from Google, according to a court filing. Kalanick, who resigned under pressure Monday, …

Self-Driving Google Car Gets Test Drive

The car stopped at stop signs. It glided around curves. It didn’t lurch or jolt. The most remarkable thing about the drive was that it was utterly unremarkable. This isn’t damning with faint praise. It’s actually high praise for the …

Nevada Governor Takes Spin in Driverless Car

Gov. Brian Sandoval got behind the wheel of a Toyota Prius on Wednesday -and left the driving to a computer for a test drive through the capital and a scenic valley. Sandoval became the first governor in the nation to …