The results of the study, almost certainly the biggest and most comprehensive research on self-driving car safety yet released, are striking. 81 percent fewer airbag-deploying crashes 85 percent ...

Reporting of safety ... of autonomous driving and demonstrate a sound business model for driverless car services. More: Automakers urge Trump administration to clear way for self-driving cars ...

The Trump administration has accelerated the US’s rollout of autonomous vehicles by expanding a program that exempts some self-driving cars from specific safety requirements outside of ...

Other car makers such ... Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which enforces vehicle safety standards, said the new rules don’t’ favor one type of self-driving system over another, and ...

Reuters reported in December that the incoming Trump administration was looking to weaken rules that require automakers to report crashes by self-driving ... Musk and his car company, Tesla ...

It added that the changes also make sense: “With ADS, no driver is present meaning stronger safety protocols ... to regulations involving self-driving cars. Other car makers such as Hyundai ...