The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified five major advantages of autonomous vehicles. Most serious car accidents are caused by human error, so the NHTSA believes that ...

John Krafcik, CEO of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, announced that the company's effort to build and test a driverless car has gone from a research project to a business.

Lyft and Baidu plan to start service early next year, joining Uber and Momenta in using electric cars from China, which are ...

Self-driving cars could also improve traffic congestion and transport the elderly and disabled. Google shocked the auto industry in 2010 with its announcement that it was working on a driverless car.

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Chris Urmson, the face of the Google self-driving car effort, has left the project at a crucial juncture as the company tries to transition its driverless-car technology into a commercial product.

Google’s project is located in four cities and, in a partnership with Fiat Chrysler in May, the company said it would double its fleet of cars by using Chrysler Pacific minivans for testing self ...

Google self-driving car project spokesman Johnny Luu confirmed Urmson's departure and praised him. "Seven years ago, the idea that a car could drive itself wasn’t much more than an idea.

Chris Urmson, the head of Google's self-driving car project, claims that none of the accidents the vehicles have been involved in were caused by the technology.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car project said on Monday it appointed its first general counsel, as U.S. regulators increase their scrutiny of autonomous vehicles.

Google's self-driving car project page explains how it all works and the benefits - namely helping older drivers and the visually impaired keep their independence, as well as reducing the number ...