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Consumers Worry Autonomous Vehicles Will be Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches: AIG Study
As property/casualty insurers contemplate how to insurer autonomous vehicles, a new AIG study reveals consumers worry these cars and trucks of the future are particularly vulnerable to cyber ...
Appeals Court Overturns $663M Trinity Guardrail Judgement
Trinity Industries Inc. won't have to pay a $663 million judgment that was awarded in a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging the company defrauded the U.S. government with a faulty highway guardrail ...
US. Senators Announce Deal on Self-Driving Car Legislation
Two U.S. senators said late on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at easing hurdles to getting self-driving cars to drivers. U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican ...
Over Half of Allstate $553M August Hurricane Harvey Losses Were Auto Claims
Hurricane Harvey slammed The Allstate Corp. with an estimated $553 million in catastrophe losses in August, the insurer said. More than half related to auto claims. The pre-tax gross estimate is a ...
Samsung, Following Archrival Apple, Will Start Testing Self-Driving Vehicles in CA
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, marking the entry of the world's largest smart phone maker four months after iPhone ...
Automated Car Safety Systems Working; Preventing Crashes: Studies
Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to reduce crashes significantly, ...
Safe Driving Algorithm Project Begins Involving Sompo Japan, Accenture and a Japanese Cab Company
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Accenture and a Japanese cab company will work jointly to develop a deep learning algorithm designed to help better understand driving behavior and improve safety in ...
U.S. Govt. Sued for Alleged Slow Implementation of Rear Vehicle Seat Belt Rules
A new lawsuit accuses the U.S. government of being too slow to implement rules requiring that rear seat vehicle passengers be warned when they fail to buckle their seat belts. In a complaint filed on ...