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...
Sleeker Lidar Moves Volvo Closer to Selling a Self-Driving Car
If any automaker has made its name synonymous with safety, it’s Volvo. The Swedish outfit’s marketing department deserves some credit there, for sure, but...
Sleeker Lidar Gets Volvo Closer to Selling a Self-Driving Car
Using technology from Silicon Valley's Luminar, the Swedish automaker plans to offer completely autonomous highway driving by 2022.
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