SAN FRANCISCO—Apple may not become an automaker, but it still wants to develop its own self-driving technology. The iPhone-maker’s automotive project, long an open secret in Silicon Valley, is shifting to focus on creating the technology for…
SINGAPORE—The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday. Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While…
A relatively new owner of Tesla’s Model X SUV, which crashed, is blaming the electric vehicle’s autopilot system, according to auto news site Jalopnik. Tesla, however, revealed that based on the data they had received from the SUV’s onboard systems, the…
WASHINGTON—Self-driving cars are more likely to be a threat than a benefit to public safety because of unresolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the US government on Friday, countering a push by innovators for expedited…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Google on Monday said that its self-driving car bore some of the blame in a recent fender-bender after making the kind of assumption a human might have made. A Lexus car converted…
LOS ANGELES — While self-driving cars already are being tested on public roads, newly released safety data support the cautionary view that the technology has many miles to go before people can sleep at the wheel. That…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Google on Tuesday said that while its self-driving cars have safely driven more than a million miles, there have been times when humans have had to take over to avoid crashing. System “anomalies” caused…
LOS ANGELES — California regulators have unveiled a roadmap that would let consumers begin using self-driving cars, though manufacturers would have to prove the emerging technology is safe before a licensed driver could get chauffeured around town.…
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled a concept vehicle that embodies Nissan’s vision of the future of autonomous driving and zero emission EVs: the Nissan IDS Concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. Presenting at the show, Nissan…
ARLINGTON, Va., United States—Self-driving cars faced what might be their ultimate test Monday: I-95 in northern Virginia. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute demonstrated its automated vehicle technology Monday on the I-95 Express Lanes, a stretch of asphalt…
