Self-driving cars may need to act more like humans ... scheme enables safer and more ethical decisions, reducing overall risk by 26.3%, with a notable 22.9% decrease for vulnerable road users." ...

Waymo, an autonomous driving company, is training its self-driving cars in Nashville but won't offer rideshares yet. The company aims to refine its technology and expand to new locations by ...

In general, there are many questions around buying a self-driving car that need to be addressed, especially around accidents and liability. Meanwhile, autonomous coverage is still far from universal.

Waymo, the ride-hailing service that uses self-driving robotaxis, will soon have its cars explore Boston streets and Massachusetts highways. But at least for now, humans will be behind the wheel.

who are concerned about safety and losing truck driving jobs to automation in the future. The California Legislature passed a bill in 2023 to require human drivers aboard self-driving trucks ...

Cruise's self-driving technology was “well on its way” to achieving the company’s goals, but CEO Mary Barra said last month that the operational hindrances were too burdensome to continue.

The firings also came just months after the NHTSA released a new framework that could ease regulation on self-driving cars, but in exchange, companies would need to share more data with the regulator.

Job cuts at the US traffic safety regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight ...