General Motors Co faces pushback over its request that U.S. regulators waive some automobile safety standards to make it possible to deploy a ride-sharing fleet of driverless cars without steering wheels or other human controls. GM first made the request for a...

Tesla’s Autopilot system was active in a Model 3 that collided with a tractor-trailer during a fatal crash in March, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The crash in Delray Beach, Fla. that killed the Tesla driver is at least the third deadly...

Collision avoidance is the first major concern that comes to mind when considering the dangers of driverless cars, but U.S.-based company Drivent, which has just announced that it is certified to test autonomous vehicles in Washington state, has been working on the...

Before a surgeon cracks open your chest, ask him his acceptable death rate for patients. When you climb aboard an airplane, ask the pilot her acceptable death rate for passengers. You'd think — and hope — their answers are "zero," reflecting the overriding philosophy,...

A prolific cybersecurity research firm says it has managed to make Tesla's self-driving feature veer off course by sticking three small stickers on the road pavement. Keen Labs, a two-time honoree of Tesla's "bug bounty" hall of fame program, said in a research paper...