Amazon.com’s Prime Air drone program has been cleared by regulators to fly devices beyond the visual line of sight of pilots, increasing range and giving more customers access to the service.
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NHTSA Investigates After 4 Die in Crash of VinFast EV
NHTSA has opened an investigation into VinFast’s first U.S. electric vehicle model less than a month after four family members were killed in a one-car accident in the California Bay Area.
May 23, 2024Motional Halts Las Vegas Commercial Self-Driving Operations
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is halting its Las Vegas commercial self-driving operations and laying off 129 Southern Nevada employees.
May 15, 2024Spate of Self-Driving Probes Points to Higher Safety Bar
Companies offering driver-assistance systems and developing autonomous vehicles are entering a new phase of more exacting oversight.
May 15, 2024NHTSA Investigates Waymo Self-Driving Tech After Crashes
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.
May 14, 2024Smarter Vehicles Could Mean Big Changes for 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.
May 13, 2024NHTSA Probes Zoox After Two Autonomous SUV Crashes
NHTSA has opened an investigation into Zoox, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., after two incidents in which its SUVs suddenly braked and were rear-ended.
May 13, 2024NHTSA Seeks Information From Tesla on Autopilot Fix
DETROIT — Federal highway safety officials want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot system.
May 7, 2024California Legislators Seek to Override Veto of AV Bills
California legislators have reintroduced a pair of bills regulating autonomous trucks to potentially override a veto in September by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
May 1, 2024Logistics Supply Chain Shows Steadiness Amid Rough Waters
During the past four years, supply chain and logistics companies have ridden the highs and lows of a market that included a pandemic and fractured economy to keep goods moving.
April 29, 2024