Criminal Probe of Uber May Freeze Waymo Trade Secrets Trial

Bloomberg A federal criminal probe of Uber Technologies Inc. investigating whether the company stole driverless car trade secrets from Waymo could freeze a high-stakes trial...

Alphabet’s Waymo demanded $1 billion in settlement talks with Uber – sources

Reuters SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for...

Alphabet launches U.S. ad campaign to promote driverless car safety

Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo and several groups are launching a campaign aimed at convincing skeptical Americans of what they...

The US Postal Service Is Building a Self-Driving Mail Truck

Wired Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds-and...

Mapped: The Top 263 Companies Racing Toward Autonomous Cars

  Wired Forget dot coms and social networks. The hotspot for research and investment in Silicon Valley right now is the future of transport. Convince the...

G.M. Acquires Strobe, Start-Up Focused on Driverless Technology

The New York Times DETROIT — General Motors said on Monday that it had acquired a company that specializes in laser-imaging technology geared toward enhancing...

GM’s self-driving cars involved in six accidents in September

Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - General Motors Co’s self-driving unit, Cruise Automation, told California regulators its vehicles were involved in six crashes in the...

U.S. Senate panel puts self-driving cars in fast lane

Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving...

Self-driving taxis are coming to residential neighborhoods

The Verge Most experts agree that robot cars will first roll out as fleets of self-driving taxis in controlled environments — college campuses, business parks,...

Don’t shut trucks out of the driverless vehicle future

Washington Examiner A law that would, for the first time, create a federal regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles is speeding down the legislative highway....