When safety statistician Randy Whitfield saw federal safety regulators claiming that airbag deployment crashes on Tesla Model S dropped 40 percent after the self-driving "Autosteer" feature was installed, his reaction was indelicate but clear: bullshit. If such a...

Basic rules of the road are needed before lawmakers allow companies from Apple Inc. to Ford Motor Co. to dramatically expand testing of self-driving cars, safety and consumer advocates will tell lawmakers Tuesday. Automakers should be required to certify the safety of...

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...

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...

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 development and...