On Valentine’s Day this year, in Mountainview, CA (Where Google’s Global HQ resides), Google’s autonomous test car in that area had a minor fender-bender when it struck a bus at 2 mph. You can see the ...

On its website, Waymo states that "compared to an average human driver over the same distance in our operating cities," its ...

With auto officials saying driverless cars could be available by the end of the decade, California officials want to hear from the public on how to regulate the vehicles. Nearly 30 people attended a ...

Google's robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California's public roads. Waymo can carry out driverless testing in Silicon Valley, including ...

The annual Las Vegas show always has the coolest car tech. I predict that the 2026 event will include flying vehicle ...

After years of broken promises and false starts, driverless taxis finally hit the road in a big way in 2025.

Hello, this is Hye-min Ahn, a data-driven journalist covering mobility and technology. A recent comment by Elon Musk has once ...

Most fully autonomous cars are being deployed in commercial settings, such as those used by driverless-ride providers like Waymo. However, a new company called Tensor plans to bring an L4 robocar to ...

Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind ...

Nevada‘s putting a new spin on the idea of “hands-free” driving this week: The state just issued Google its first license for a car that drives itself. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Nevadans can ...

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