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....

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...