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Iowa DOT Seeks Volunteers for Self-Driving Car Research

Some of Iowa’s leaders in automated vehicle research are seeking volunteers to help test the results of high-definition mapping and data collection.

October 10, 2017

GM Buys Lidar Startup Strobe to Accelerate Self-Driving Cars

General Motors announced Oct. 9 that it is buying Strobe, a Pasadena startup that makes lidar, a laser-based sensor that most autonomous vehicles use to see the world around them.

October 9, 2017

Self-Driving Big-Rig Technology Moving Quickly Down the On-Ramp

While advancements in autonomous — or self-driving — cars get much of the attention, development of self-driving commercial vehicles is speeding forward.

October 9, 2017

Traffic Deaths Continue to Rise, but Don’t Blame Texting

Traffic fatalities in the U.S. rose for the second straight year in 2016 despite a dip in crash deaths linked to distracted driving, according to data released by federal highway safety regulators.

October 6, 2017

Hacking Risk Is What Worries Americans Most About Driverless Vehicles

U.S. residents are “polarized†on whether to embrace driverless cars, according to a survey by insurer American International Group Inc.

October 5, 2017

Self-Driving Vehicles Raising Big Questions Around Drunk Driving, Seat Belts, Open Container Laws and More

The idea of highways being filled with self-driving cars may be alluring, but it has highway safety experts raising numerous questions about common contemporary issues like drunk driving, seat belt use and how other motorists might react to a car without a driver behind the wheel.

October 5, 2017

Australia Expands Use of Caterpillar’s Self-Driving Truck Technology

Self-driving truck technology being developed by Caterpillar Inc. at its Tucson, Ariz., division headquarters will soon be used more extensively by iron ore mines in Australia

October 3, 2017

Ford and Lyft Team Up to Put Driverless Cars on the Road

Ford will begin testing self-driving cars on ride-hailing company Lyft’s network with human drivers at the wheel for backup, the companies said Sept. 26.

September 28, 2017

Sen. Thune Working on Creating Modern-Day ‘Rules of the Road’ for Autonomous Vehicles

As the Obamacare reform debate rages on in full force, U.S. Sen. John Thune doesn’t have his sights set entirely on the headline-stealing topics of health care and tax reform. The always busy South Dakota Republican is also eyeing legislation for the growing autonomous vehicle market, or self-driving cars.

September 26, 2017