Survey: Most Businesses Unprepared for Self-Driving Cars July 20, 2016 Most companies are unprepared for the emergence of autonomous vehicles (AVs), according to corporate risk managers surveyed by Munich Re...
Commentary: Self-Driving Cars Likely to Bring Spike in Crashes Before Benefits Seen July 11, 2016 By David Fickling Every car on the roads is an accident waiting to happen. It’s about time Silicon Valley woke up to 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...
Toyota’s US Robotics Boss Promises AI Technology Within 5 Years June 22, 2016 By YURI KAGEYAMA The U.S. robotics expert tapped to head Toyota’s Silicon Valley research company says the $1 billion investment by the giant...
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...
Driverless Cars Could Create Huge Traffic Congestion Problems May 17, 2016 Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers,...
Google, Uber, Ford Form Group to Advocate Safety for Self-Driving Cars May 4, 2016 By Aleksandra Gjorgievska A group of companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Ford Motor Co. and Uber Technologies Inc., are forming a coalition 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...
Autonomous Cars Confused by America’s Shabby Roads May 2, 2016 By Alexandria Sage Volvo’s North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker’s semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during...
Toyota Adds Driverless Car Research Base in Michigan April 14, 2016 By Dana Hull Toyota Motor Corp. said it will collaborate with the University of Michigan on a research base near the school’s Ann...