self-driving cars

Self-driving cars will cause more car sex to take place, according to a report.

A recent article published by the New Yorker asks the question many have asked about Silicon Valley’s race to develop self-driving cars: “Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?”

Uber’s self-driving car unit is eating into the bottom line of the technology giant, accounting for up to one-third of its quarterly losses.

Uber Technologies Inc. is firing employees of its self-driver car unit after the peer-to-peer ridesharing giant suspended autonomous vehicle operations in the city. 

The safety monitor in a self-driving Uber car was streaming The Voice on Hulu just before it crashed, according to a report.

Californians now oppose self-driving cars on local roads by almost a three-to-one margin, according to a new poll.

73 percent of American drivers, up 10 percent from last year, are “scared” to use driverless vehicles, according to a survey from the American Automobile Association.

Who Is Liable When Uber Self-Driving Cars Cause Fatal Accidents?

Uber has suspended tests of its self-driving cars following a fatal accident involving one of the vehicles.

San Francisco is trying to solve the housing crisis for its shriveling middle class by moving them into Chinese-style micro-apartments rebranded as fun-loving dormitories.

The lawsuit between Waymo and Uber has been dismissed as the tech companies reached a surprise settlement.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is last in the driverless vehicle race, despite being frequently hyped by the media, according to a report.

Self-driving cars may have to make the moral decision of who lives and who dies during a crash, according to a report.

Uber plans to purchase up to 24,000 self-driving Volvo cars in a new deal between the companies.

A self-driving bus crashed just two hours after its launch in Las Vegas, according to a report.

ATWATER, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit stopped developing features that required drivers to take control in dangerous situations, its chief executive said Monday, as autopilot reliance left users prone to distractions and ill-prepared to maneuver.

There are now 30 companies testing 202 self-driving cars on California’s public roads, following a decision by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to license Apple Inc. to begin testing 3 self-driving sport utility vehicles (SUVs).

After BlackBerry’s stock price fell from $230 in 2007 to $6 in early March, the company’s new strategy — dumping its hardware business and reinventing itself as the leading security software provider for self-driving vehicles — began to pay off handsomely.

Uber Technologies Inc suspended its pilot program for driverless cars on Saturday after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway, the ride-hailing company and local police said.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A self-driving car company founded by Google is colliding with ride-haling service Uber in a court battle revolving around allegations of betrayal, high-tech espionage and greed.

Several Google employees tasked with designing the company’s automated cars have left after being paid so much they became independently wealthy, according to a report from Bloomberg.

MIT is using a peculiar twist on the age-old ethics “Trolley Problem” in order to understand the decisions people believe self-driving vehicles should make.

Tech innovation is set to move from the Age of Obama, which focused on the needs of high-density urban residents, to the Age of Trump, which will focus on the needs of lower-density suburban residents.

Cybersecurity expert Jonathan Petit claims that it’s possible to confuse a self-driving car with just $43 and a laser pointer, according to a report from Business Insider.

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its Federal Automated Vehicles policy Monday, detailing its 15-point Safety Assessment and guidelines, which were created to help manufacturers meet safety requirements and prepare the public for driverless cars on the roads.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials are previewing long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation’s roadways safely – without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can’t make it to market quickly.

Google’s self-driving cars may be able to detect and avoid law enforcement and emergency vehicles, according to a patent from the company.

Bristling with “a variety of sensors including radars, laser scanners, and high resolution cameras,” Uber’s first self-driving car is hitting the streets of Pittsburgh in the coming weeks, according to a blog post from the ride-sharing company.

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Tesla has unveiled a new update, allowing its cars to drive by themselves using radar and ultrasonic sensors and cameras.