Solar Storms Are Driverless Cars’ Cosmic Weakness March 16, 2018 By Kyle Stock and Brian K Sullivan Self-driving cars are still working to master the snow. It turns out that excessive sun can also pose a problem...
Lyft Partners With Auto Parts Maker Magna on Autonomous Vehicles March 16, 2018 By TOM KRISHER Ride-hailing company Lyft is joining with large Canadian auto parts supplier Magna to develop self-driving vehicles, sharing expenses on a...
Toyota Adds $2.8B to Improve Software Design for Self-Driving Cars March 6, 2018 By John Lippert Toyota Motor Corp. plans to spend $2.8 billion to make sure its system for writing the software for self-driving cars...
Self-Driving Cars Will Eliminate Things You Love and Hate February 14, 2018 By Jess Shankleman Electric cars, robo taxis and self-driving trucks are coming to change the society we live in—possibly sooner than you think....
Commentary: Billionaire Son Bets on World Without Car Crashes February 13, 2018 By Alex Webb, Bloomberg Gadfly It has almost become a refrain: just what is Masayoshi Son up to? After plowing money into companies as diverse...
Waymo Robot Cars Need Little Human Help as GM Makes Big Leap February 1, 2018 By David Welch and Mark Bergen Self-driving cars developed by Waymo need less human backup than rivals – though General Motors Co.’s vehicles are improving fast....
U.S. Drivers Begin to Warm up to Riding in Self-Driving Cars January 24, 2018 By Keith Naughton American drivers are slowly warming up to the idea of relinquishing the wheel to a robot. Although 63 percent of...
Uber Nearing Self-Driving Cars Without Human Backup Driver January 22, 2018 By TOM KRISHER Uber plans to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers in about the same time frame as competitors,...
Autonomous Vehicles: Shifting Landscape of Contractual Liabilities Between OEMs and Tech Companies January 16, 2018 By Greg Guice, Susan Lent, Kevin Cadwell and Ashley Edison Brown Times are changing for the automotive industry. The introduction of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is changing the players involved in the...
U.S. Regulators Working on New Policy for Autonomous Trucks, Trains January 12, 2018 By Ryan Beene Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy guiding the development of autonomous transportation beyond self-driving cars...