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Even by the most optimistic estimates, truly self-driving cars are still a long ways off. However, these cars are about as ...
Car crashes aren’t very funny. Unless, apparently, it’s a self-driving car. Researchers on public perception of these new vehicles explain why.
As self-driving technology advances, it’s easy to imagine a time when knowing how to drive will be as rare as knowing how to use a rotary phone.
Waymo introduced its self-driving cabs to Philadelphia this summer. The autonomous driving technology company is testing robotaxis on downtown city streets and highways after successful runs in Austin ...
Alphabet's GOOGL.O self-driving unit Waymo said in October that it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
Alphabet’s self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accounts—and maybe a whole lot of social change in the process.
Self-driving cars may also pose new risks for insurers, such as cybersecurity threats, which could increase the need for cyber coverage, both Friedlander and the Goldman analysts noted.
Raw numbers don't tell the whole story, especially as more AVs hit the road. From 2021 and 2023, self-driving cars had a much higher crash rate per 1,000 vehicles than human-driven ones.
The self-driving car revolution is on the brink of transforming auto insurance forever—and Berkshire Hathaway’s has begun detailing their response plan. It’s the only part of the car that ...