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Tesla driver arrested for backseat ride goes on another driverless cruise
Param Sharma is back in the backseat of his new Tesla after the first one was impounded following his arrest for not riding in the driver's seat.
Domino's to start robot pizza deliveries this week
Domino’s Pizza will be delivering pies with the help of driverless robot cars as part of a pilot in Houston beginning this week. The largest pizza chain in the US...
Walmart expands driverless delivery pilot to Louisiana
Walmart said Tuesday it has added a second route for a pilot program that uses self-driving trucks for deliveries, expanding the tests beyond its home state of Arkansas into Louisiana. ...
Driverless car company Waymo expands service — without backup drivers
Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly offering to a select group of...
Tesla's 'smart summon' feature is causing fender benders, parking lot jams
These self-driving cars wouldn't pass a learner's permit test.
Driverless cars off to a slow start at Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York’s first-ever commercial driverless cars got off to a slow start in the Big Apple. Boston-based tech company Optimus Ride’s fleet of six autonomous vehicles officially opened to the...
Domino’s Pizza will test driverless delivery cars
In the near future, a driverless, autonomous vehicle might be responsible for your next pizza delivery. On Monday, Domino’s Pizza announced that it’s teamed up with robotics company Nuro to...
Why humanity will come to regret self-driving cars
The biggest promise of the much-anticipated era of autonomous driving is that we will soon be free of the chore of driving, able to relax or be productive during all...
How ancient Greeks predicted killer robots, self-driving cars
The ancient Greeks are celebrated for laying down the foundations of Western civilization, but according to a new book, they also had another, hidden talent: predicting future tech. This is...
Terrorist wannabes plotted self-driving car bomb attack: authorities
Two wannabe ISIS terrorists planned an attack involving a self-driving car -- because they didn’t want to blow themselves up, British prosecutors said Tuesday. Farhad Salah and Andy Star were...
Japan looks to launch driverless car service by 2020 Olympics
TOKYO - A self-driving car service could be on Tokyo’s public roads in time for the 2020 Olympics as Japan looks to drive investment in new technology to drive economic...
Uber hires new safety adviser after fatal Arizona crash
Uber on Monday said it has hired a former US regulator to advise the company on safety, but would not confirm a technology website’s report that a software flaw was...
Arizona governor, Uber kept self-driving car tests a secret
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey encouraged Uber to conduct a secret testing program for its self-driving cars, and enabled it to be conducted with limited expert oversight in his state, according...
Uber cut back on safety sensors before deadly crash: report
Uber cut back the number of safety sensors on its fleet of self-driving cars — creating a dangerous blind spot around vehicles — ahead of a fatal Arizona crash last...
Uber ends self-driving car program in California
Uber decided on Tuesday not to renew a permit to use self-driving cars in California — essentially ending the program in that state. California's Department of Motor Vehicles said that...
Uber should face criminal charges for self-driving car death: victim's family
The family of the Arizona woman killed by a self-driving Uber believes the company should be slapped with criminal charges — and that could very well happen, thanks to a...
Ex-con was behind wheel of self-driving Uber that killed woman
The operator of a self-driving Uber vehicle that fatally struck a woman in Arizona was a convicted felon who served almost four years in the slammer for attempted armed robbery,...
Loophole could protect self-driving car companies from lawsuits
People who get badly injured while riding in self-driving cars may one day be prohibited from filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer, should legislation under consideration in the Senate get...
The way driverless cars crash can be a marketing opportunity
Last week, I pondered the future — how driverless cars were going to change the rules and etiquette of the road. For instance, would road rage become a thing of...
Self-driving cars are being attacked by angry humans
SAN FRANCISCO — One problem with self-driving cars is people. The Los Angeles Times reports that of six crash reports filed in California so far this year, two involved a...