House bill on autonomous vehicles restricts state policies that could improve safety. It has been a busy month for autonomous vehicles (AVs). In the first week of September, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill called the Self-Drive Act. And less than one...

A coalition of supporters of self-driving cars on Tuesday said that it will run ads this week in social media and Washington newspapers, in an effort to convince Congress to adopt sweeping legislation to boost the nascent industry. The ads are being placed by the...

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...