U.S. House Panel to Vote on Self-driving Car Legislation Wednesday
A U.S. House subcommittee will vote on Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to allow automakers to deploy up to 100,000 self-driving vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards and bar states from imposing autonomous car rules. The measure, which would be the...
Driverless Car Battle Lines Get Blurry
In the earliest years of the push to bring driverless and electric cars to the American masses, the narrative came easily: It was Silicon Valley and its high-tech wizardry squaring off against the old-school manufacturing power of Detroit. The question of who will...
Driverless Car Battle Lines Get Blurry
In the earliest years of the push to bring driverless and electric cars to the American masses, the narrative came easily: It was Silicon Valley and its high-tech wizardry squaring off against the old-school manufacturing power of Detroit. The question of who will...
Self-driving Cars Can Learn From Planes and Trains
Supporters and critics of self-driving cars agree there are lessons to be gained from automation in transportation sectors like aviation and rail. They disagree on whether the lessons are good or bad. Advocates note that the U.S. aviation industry has used autopilot...
GM’s Self-driving Car May be First to Hit the Road for Consumers
Despite the flash, gee whiz and dazzle of Google, Uber and Tesla, it's 110-year-old General Motors that may have a self-driving car ready first for consumers, VentureBeat reports. And it won't be all from Motown either. Venerable GM is using Bay Area technology and...