self-driving News Updates

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Detroit Area鈥檚 Cutting-Edge Center for Self-Driving Vehicles Set to Open

The only engineering facility built expressly to test self-driving vehicles will officially open April 4 at the historic 335-acre Willow Run site just west of Detroit.

April 2, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomousTCA

Ohio Logistics Firm Buys Property in Anticipation of Autonomous Trucks

Jarrett Cos. has purchased a 53-acre property in Seville, Ohio, that it expects eventually will be used by driverless, autonomous trucks.

April 2, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Uber Isolated by Partners and Competitors in Aftermath of Crash

Uber Technologies Inc. has found itself isolated a little more than a week after one of its self-driving SUVs hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

March 29, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Uber Exec Lior Ron Leaves an Autonomous-Vehicle Unit in Turmoil

Lior Ron, a central figure in Uber Technologies Inc.鈥檚 self-driving-truck project, left the company, said people familiar with the matter.

March 29, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Toyota Warns That Some Rivals Are Skipping Steps in Race to Autonomy

As the global auto industry vies to deploy driverless cars, some contenders may be cutting corners in a bid to get ahead, warned Jack Hollis, group vice president of U.S. sales for the Toyota brand.

March 28, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Google Backs Startup Working on Remote-Controlled Driverless Cars

Gradient Ventures, an early-stage venture fund within Google, is leading a $6 million investment in a new company that鈥檚 building software to let humans control cars remotely.

March 28, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Waymo, Jaguar Team Up With 20,000-Car Self-Driving Fleet

Waymo is teaming up with Jaguar Land Rover on autonomous vehicles, its second major automaker partnership and a big boost for the nascent technology that has come under scrutiny recently.

March 27, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomousTCA

Waymo CEO Krafcik Has 鈥楢 Lot of Confidence鈥 His Tech Would Have Avoided Deadly Uber Accident

In a pioneering self-driving car company鈥檚 first public comments on the Uber autonomous car accident March 18 that killed an Arizona woman, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said his tech could 鈥渉andle鈥 that very scenario.

March 26, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Senate Bill Could Clean Up Patchwork Autonomous Vehicle Laws

The companies and officials influencing the development of self-driving technology offered a wide variety of reactions to the death of a pedestrian struck by an Uber autonomous vehicle March 18.

March 26, 2018
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San Francisco Mayor Says Driverless Cars Are 鈥楩uture of the Streets鈥

Days after a fatal self-driving-car collision in Arizona, six makers of driverless vehicles came to San Francisco on March 22 to demonstrate their technology 鈥 and emphasize its safety features 鈥 to city leaders and public-safety officers.

March 23, 2018