GM and Cruise announce first mass-production self-driving car
TechCrunch
Kyle Vogt, CEO and founder of Cruise Automation, revealed very big news for his company and its owner GM, which acquired the startup last...
Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4th
TechCrunch
This morning, Judge William Alsup ruled that the Waymo v. Uber trial would be delayed until December 4th. The trial had initially been expected...
Ford And Lyft Partner to Bring Self-Driving Cars to Public Roads
Fortune
Ford Motor has struck a partnership with Lyft to develop and test self-driving vehicles...
Mobile World Congress Americas Features Connected and Autonomous Panels
While last week’s Mobile World Congress-Americas in San Francisco would hardly be mistaken for an auto tech show, it featured several panels on connected...
Waymo clarifies it actually wants $1.8 billion from Uber
TechCrunch
Last week, Uber’s legal team told Judge William Alsup that Waymo was seeking $2.6 billion for an allegedly stolen trade secret related to the company’s...
Waymo Seeks to Delay Trial in Uber Trade Secrets Lawsuit
CNET
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet, is asking a federal judge to postpone the trial of a trade secret lawsuit against...
Tesla Autopilot ‘partly to blame’ for Crash
BBC
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that Tesla's Autopilot system was partly to blame for a fatal accident in which a...
Chao Outlines Voluntary Industry Guidance for Autonomous Vehicles
Recode
U.S. DOT secretary Elaine Chao just introduced the second version of voluntary guidance for the deployment and testing of self-driving cars.
Chao, who spoke in...
The Death of the Car Show?
Reuters
Frankfurt's vast auto show, which opens next week, is already getting attention of the wrong kind - for its impressive list of no-shows.
Besides the...
Lyft to Offer Rides in Self-Driving Cars in San Francisco Area
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A self-driving car will soon be one ride option available from Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the...