Government to Develop Guidelines for Self-Driving Cars January 22, 2016 By DEE-ANN DURBIN The federal government wants to get autonomous vehicles on the road more quickly, and says it will fast-track policies and...
Auto Industry, U.S. Reach Agreement to Improve Safety, Cybersecurity January 20, 2016 By Jeff Plungis The U.S. Transportation Department and 17 automakers have reached agreement on efforts to enhance safety, including sharing information to thwart...
California Tests Show Autonomous Cars Still Need Human Help January 15, 2016 By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Futuristic self-driving cars traveling along California roads have needed plenty of old-fashioned human intervention to stay safe. California’s Department of...
Study Confirms That Crash Rates Are Lower for Self-Driving Cars January 12, 2016 Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report...
CES Show Highlights Autonomous Car Breakthroughs January 8, 2016 By TOM KRISHER Powerful computers that can drive better than people, high-definition road maps and low-cost sensors are about to remove some big...
Horrific Crash Scene Memory Inspires Toyota Robotics Czar January 6, 2016 By Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara The quest to build crash-proof cars at Toyota Motor Corp. isn’t just a job for Gill Pratt. It’s somewhat personal....
Personal Injury Lawyers Think Self-Driving Car Crashes Will Offer Big Payday December 31, 2015 By Keith Naughton and Margaret Cronin Fisk Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who’s at fault? The answer: No...
Driverless Car Crashes Primarily Due to Aggressive Human Drivers December 23, 2015 By Keith Naughton The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite...
Toyota Starts $1B Center to Develop Intelligent Cars That Won’t Crash November 6, 2015 By Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara Toyota Motor Corp. is spending $1 billion to form a research institute focused on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology...
Japan’s Carmakers Display Caution When Considering Self-Driving Cars November 4, 2015 By Ma Jie, Masatsugu Horie and Yuki Hagiwara The technology in use is virtually identical: cameras, radar, and GPS working together to turn cars into self-driving machines. What...