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Tesla’s Musk Predicts Fully Self-Driving Vehicle in 2022, Humanoid Robot Next Year
Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot. The audacious ...
Daimler, Acknowledging Obstacles, Lowers Expectations for Self-Driving Robotaxis
Daimler has taken a "reality check" on self-driving "robotaxis," acknowledging that making them safe is proving harder than first thought amid questions over their future earnings potential. Chief ...
Florida Opens the Door to Self-Driving Vehicles
Self-driving vehicles with no humans on board will be able to operate in Florida – once they're finally ready for prime time – under a bill signed recently by Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis said he ...
Security of Self-Driving Vehicles High on U.S. Regulators’ Minds
In closed-door meetings last March, U.S. transportation regulators and others grappled with questions about whether police should have the power to disable self-driving cars and whether an automatic ...
American Drivers Increasingly Fearful of Self-Driving Vehicles: AAA Study
Three-quarters (73 percent) of American drivers now say they would be too afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, up significantly from 63 percent in late 2017. Additionally, 63 percent of ...
Govt. Investigating Death of Woman Hit, Killed by Uber Self-Driving SUV
A woman crossing a street was killed by an Uber self-driving sport utility vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, leading the ride services company to suspend its autonomous vehicle program ...
Highway Disruption: The Promise and Perils of Autonomous Vehicles for Insurers
It's becoming clear that our highways to the future will be paved as much with technology as with asphalt. And if we believe some auto makers, self-driving vehicles hold potential to unravel traffic ...
Self-Driving Car Legislation Passes U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to speed self-driving cars to market without human controls and bar states from imposing regulatory road blocks. The bill ...