Hacking Risk is What Worries Americans Most with Driverless Cars
U.S. residents are “polarized” on whether to embrace driverless cars, according to a survey by insurer American International Group Inc. The 1,000 people polled were almost equally split on whether they were comfortable sharing the road with autonomous vehicles, with...
Safety Groups Slam Senate Bill for Lax Oversight of Self-driving Cars
Consumer and safety advocates are pressing Congress to scale back the number of safety exemptions for autonomous vehicles in legislation now under consideration, saying they would result in mass deployment of new technology without adequate safety protections,...
The Human-Robocar War For Jobs Is Finally On
A DAIS STUFFED with well-fed lawmakers sure doesn't look like a battlefield, but make no mistake: The long-awaited war between self-driving vehicles and the humans they would replace has begun. And the humans just won the first skirmish. Thursday morning, the Senate...
Hackett: I Wouldn’t Ride in an Autonomous Car — Yet
Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett said he would not yet ride in an autonomous car on public roads, although the automaker remains "on track" to deliver a self-driving car of its own in 2021. Hackett, speaking at a breakfast lecture series at Grand Valley State...
Senators Drop Trucks From Self-driving Bill
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate have dropped self-driving trucks from legislation from that would allow automakers to operate thousands of autonomous cars per year on U.S. roads. The action came after a high-profile campaign from labor unions to protect the jobs of...