News Rules Could Finally Clear the Way for Self-Driving Cars
Since an internet search company named Google began testing self-driving vehicles more than a decade ago, the still-in-development technology has faced a niggling issue:...
Anthony Levandowski Pleads Guilty to Stealing Waymo Secrets
Anthony Levandowski, the once-lauded engineer who cofounded Google’s self-driving car project and helped spark interest in autonomous vehicles, pled guilty Thursday to stealing a...
The Feds Ban a Self-Driving Shuttle Fleet From Carrying People
Late Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—the federal agency in charge of road safety in the US—took the unusual step of ordering a...
A Safety Board Faults Tesla and Regulators in a Fatal 2018 Crash
NTSB can’t change federal or local policy, but it can make recommendations. It had plenty of those. NTSB reiterated two recommendations it issued during...
Investors Hit the Brakes on Automotive Startups
Last year, Ted Serbinski called his accelerator, TechStars Detroit, the “‘comeback city’s’ startup ecosystem.” Since 2015, the accelerator had supported and mentored 54 transportation-related...
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The Path Ahead for Bikesharing
Bikeshare started appearing around 2005, as city governments contracted bikeshare equipment and operations with public funds (or advertising assets), making docked bikeshare a visible...
