After partially faulting Tesla鈥檚 automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators in 2017 called on carmakers to do more to ensure drivers stay engaged as next-generation cars start to steer themselves.
April 11, 2018self-driving News Updates
PennDOT Chief Outlines Temporary Rules for Testing Self-Driving Cars
Pennsylvania will ask Uber Technologies Inc. and any company developing self-driving cars with the same technology onboard to immediately stop testing.
April 9, 2018Opinion: Driverless Cars May Make Traffic Worse, Not Better
One of the more puzzling questions arising from the revolution in autonomous vehicles and on-demand services is what impact it will all have on cities.
April 6, 2018Houston Joins Smart Cities Program to Prepare for Autonomous Vehicles
Houston will join 21 other cities in a national partnership aimed at addressing persistent transportation challenges as technology and mobility choices have planners rethinking how streets, sidewalks and private spaces interact.
April 5, 2018Self-Driving Cars Are On North Carolina Turnpike Authority鈥檚 Radar
The fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car in Arizona last month has not dissuaded the North Carolina Turnpike Authority from urging companies to test autonomous vehicles on the Triangle Expressway in western Wake County.
April 5, 2018Toyota Talks Self-Driving Cars and the Real Reason the Automaker Suspended Testing
When a woman crossing an Arizona street was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber car late last month, it sparked a swift public reckoning over the near-term future of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.
April 3, 2018California Starts Accepting Applications for Driverless Car Permits
California began accepting applications April 2 for permits to deploy self-driving cars on public roads without a human backup driver at the wheel.
April 3, 2018Uber Crash Sparks Talk of Tighter Rules for Self-Driving Vehicles
U.S. lawmakers have applied a light touch in regulating robot cars. At the national level, the Trump administration has proclaimed that driverless-car guidelines should be 鈥渆ntirely voluntary鈥 for automakers, and bills pending in Congress would clear the way to putting tens of thousands of autonomous cars on the road 鈥 orders of magnitude more than the few hundred in the country today 鈥 before federal safety regulations are set.
April 2, 2018Detroit Area鈥檚 Cutting-Edge Center for Self-Driving Vehicles Set to Open
The only engineering facility built expressly to test self-driving vehicles will officially open April 4 at the historic 335-acre Willow Run site just west of Detroit.
April 2, 2018Ohio Logistics Firm Buys Property in Anticipation of Autonomous Trucks
Jarrett Cos. has purchased a 53-acre property in Seville, Ohio, that it expects eventually will be used by driverless, autonomous trucks.
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