The technology that gives cars superpowers to see around corners and through walls won’t be on the first self-driving rides hitting the road in the next few years. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, known as V2V, are regarded as essential for fully automated...

In any family, there is always one parent who is the stickler for safety. The other one lets their toddler juggle knives. Broadly speaking, that tension between the hoverer and the risk-taker can be good for kids, who learn to stay within guardrails but also get to...

The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The bill now goes to the Senate and would allow automakers to obtain exemptions...

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving vehicles without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles, congressional aides said. The bill, which was passed unanimously by a...

When the U.S. government finally got around to regulating auto safety in 1967, it insisted that every car have seatbelts and that the steering column be engineered to absorb impact so it wouldn’t spear the driver. The safety rulebook has since swelled to nearly 900...