self-driving cars

A self-driving Waymo car drives through Los Angeles

WATCH LIVE: Tesla, Waymo executives join safety experts in testifying on future of self-driving cars

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Rollout of driverless cabs in select U.S. cities raises safety questions

If you call a taxi in some U.S. cities, the car that picks you up might not have a driver. Self-driving “robo-cabs” are generating a lot of interest and controversy, and major technical questions remain. Aarian Marshall, a staff writer…

By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde

Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicles are parked at Waymo's operations center in the Bayview district of San Francisco, California, U.S. October 19, 2021. Photo by Peter DaSilva

Waymo, Uber set aside past rift to team up on self-driving taxis in Phoenix

The partnership announced comes five years after Uber reached a $245 million settlement with Waymo to resolve a lawsuit alleging former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick conspired with former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski to steal Waymo's technology.

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen delivers remarks on U.S. Department of Justice policy, announcing the end of a program focused on fighting Chinese espionage and intellectual property theft, during a National Security Institute event at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. February 23, 2022. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS

U.S. announces criminal cases tracing an illegal flow of technology to Russia, China and Iran

The Justice Department has announced a series of criminal cases tracing the illegal flow of sensitive technology, including Apple's software code for self-driving cars and materials used for missiles, to foreign adversaries like Russia, China and Iran.

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: The interior of a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is shown in Moscow

DOJ requests Tesla automated driving documents

“To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred,” Tesla said in the filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Tom Krisher, Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

U.S. safety regulator says automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of cars with automatic driver-assist

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas, according to new statistics from U.S. safety regulators.

Robots are the future, and we don't trust them

By Thomas Maxwell

Even when a robot is safer and more effective at performing a task than humans, companies still have to think hard about how to earn public trust.

In a crash, should self-driving cars save passengers or pedestrians? 2 million people weigh in

By Jamie Leventhal

Researchers are using an online computer program to gauge how humans respond to tough ethical decisions involving AI technology for driverless vehicles. The results could inform car manufacturers and policy makers on how driverless vehicles should behave in life-or-death scenarios.