Cybersecurity Push May Tie Up Autonomous-Car Legislation

Automakers, senators at odds over best approach Consensus is growing on the need for national legislation to govern autonomous-vehicle development, but cybersecurity protection for connected vehicles looms as a potential area of conflict. High-profile Democrats on the...

Congress Finally Gets Going on That Regulating Robocars Thing

SEVEN YEARS AFTER Google started developing robocars, 13 months after a Florida man died in a Tesla Model S that was driving itself, and almost a year after self-driving Ubers started picking up passengers in Pennsylvania, Congress might actually start regulating...

Automakers Fear Autonomous Policy Vacuum

Pressure Grows on Congress to Set Uniform Regs Autonomous driving technology moves fast. The federal government doesn’t. That’s why automakers and technology companies are increasingly anxious for Congress to get moving on policies to govern the...