Waymo Issues Recall After Illegal Passing of School Buses
Alphabet unit Waymo said Friday it would issue a recall for its self-driving vehicles after Texas officials said they illegally passed school buses at least 19 times since the ...
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California Allows Chinese Robotaxi Firm WeRide to Test With Passengers
China-based autonomous driving startup WeRide has received approval from California to test its driverless vehicles with passengers, according to a permit from the state's utility regulator. The move ...
Self-Driving Cars Could Lead to Changes in Traffic Lights
As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers ...
GM Cruise Robotaxi Unit Names Former Ford, Apple Exec Safety Chief
General Motors' Cruise recently named a longtime auto and tech industry employee as head of safety for the robotaxi unit. Cruise named Steve Kenner as its chief safety officer, who will oversee ...
Mobileye CEO Expects More Driverless Vehicles on the Road Within 2 Years
Six years ago, automakers and tech companies thought they were on the cusp of putting thousands of self-driving robotaxis on the street to carry passengers without a human driver. Then an Uber ...
California Saw Driverless Cars Cover 5x More Test Miles in 2023
Completely driverless vehicles traveled nearly 3.3 million miles in California last year, over five times the previous year's total, even as concerns rose in the wake of a Cruise robotaxi accident, ...
Self-Driving Cars Could Be on UK Roads by 2026
Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country's transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently permitted on ...
GM Halts Operations of All Cruise Robotaxis Nationwide
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public ...
Musk Would Compound Tesla Automated-Driving Risk With Free Trial
Elon Musk has long pressed his luck with respect to automated driving. His plan to offer a month-long free trial of features that Tesla has been charging $15,000 for would escalate the risk-taking to ...