Automated Cars, Trucks Threaten Professional Driver Jobs November 9, 2016 By PAUL WISEMAN and JOE MANDAK Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening a new class of...
Paralyzed Former Race Car Driver Gets First Driverless Car License September 30, 2016 By DEE-ANN DURBIN Former Indy Racing League driver Sam Schmidt has done a lot in the 16 years since an accident left him...
Luxury Car Owners More Likely to Let Car Do Driving September 20, 2016 By Keith Naughton If you drive a Mercedes-Benz or an Infiniti luxury vehicle, you’re probably more willing than most drivers to give up...
Uber Offers Riders a Glimpse of the Driverless Future September 16, 2016 By DAKE KANG Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of...
Ford to Introduce Driverless Cars to Ride Hailing Services by 2021 August 18, 2016 By Keith Naughton and Dana Hull Ford Motor Co., which put the world on wheels a century ago, is now taking the driver out of the...
Nearly 75% of U.S. Drivers Say They’d Let a Robot Take the Wheel July 1, 2016 By Keith Naughton Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers are eager to replace the daily commute’s drudgery with a self-driving car and 80 percent...
Regulator Says Self-Driving Cars Need to Be Twice as Safe June 15, 2016 By Keith Naughton Self-driving cars must increase safety at least twofold to make a real dent in the 38,000 lives lost on American...
Michigan Bills Allows for Sales, Use of Driverless Cars Beyond Testing June 1, 2016 The U.S. auto industry’s home state of Michigan is preparing for the advent of self-driving cars by pushing legislation to...
While Saving Lives, Driverless Cars Could Kill Businesses May 4, 2016 By Joseph White and Paul Ingrassia The automotive and tech companies pursuing the driverless car share a utopian belief: Autonomous vehicles will benefit society, eventually saving...
Terrorists Could Target Connected Cars April 14, 2016 Internet-connected and driverless cars could be targets for hackers – potentially including terrorists and hostile nations – so the automotive...