Latest Autonomous Vehicles Headlines
All the headlines from our Autonomous Vehicles Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Family of Florida Man Killed in Autopilot Crash Sues Tesla
Aug 2 2019 // Tesla Inc. was sued for the second time in three months by the family of a car owner who was killed in a crash while using the driver-assistance system Autopilot. Jeremy Banner, 50, died when the Model 3 sedan he was...
Congress Looks to Jump Start Stalled Driverless Vehicle Bill
Jul 31 2019 // Two key committees in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they will revive efforts to pass long-stalled legislation to speed the adoption of self-driving cars. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce...
Police Looking into if Tesla Was Self-Driving During California Crash
Jul 24 2019 // A woman was arrested after running a red light in a rented Tesla in San Francisco and causing a crash that killed a tourist and left his wife critically injured, authorities said. Officers were investigating whether the...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 15 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck commerce...
Employees in Arizona City to Use Self-Driving Cars for Work Rides
Jul 15 2019 // Dozens of city employees in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler will use self-driving vehicles at work in partnership with Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. The partnership will begin sometime this month as Chandler...
$45M Center to Test Self-Driving Vehicles Opens in Ohio
Jul 12 2019 // Officials in Ohio have opened a $45 million testing ground for self-driving vehicles. The Transportation Research Center Inc. unveiled its 540-acre (218.5-hectare) SMARTCenter on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art automated...
Volvo’s Autonomous Trucking Offer Bundles Pilots, Insurance, Services
Jul 10 2019 // Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo’s first commercial autonomous truck deal shows how it is bundling services to generate revenue from a technology that is years away from wide deployment. Driverless transportation has been...
Employees in Arizona City to Use Self-Driving Cars for Work Rides
Jul 9 2019 // Dozens of city employees in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler will use self-driving vehicles at work in partnership with Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. The partnership will begin this month as Chandler...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 9 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules of the road that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck...
What Passed, What Didn’t: New Florida Laws Taking Effect July 1
Jun 27 2019 // The Florida Legislature looked at and passed many pieces of legislation in the 2019 session that will impact the insurance industry. The following are summaries of what passed — and what didn’t. What Passed HB 7065...
Intel’s Mobileye Aims to Launch Trial of Self-Driving Cabs on Israeli Roads in 2020
Jun 21 2019 // Intel Corp.’s Mobileye NV unit expects to launch a trial of robo-cabs next year in Israel, the company told Bloomberg News on Sunday [June 16]. Intel Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan rode a Mobileye autonomous car...
Tesla’s Autopilot System Confuses Drivers About Extent of Automation: Safety Report
Jun 21 2019 // Automakers including Tesla Inc. are stoking confusion among motorists by choosing names for their automated-driving systems that wrongly suggest they’re more capable than is actually the case, according to the...
Florida Hopes to Lure Autonomous Car Companies Under New Law
Jun 17 2019 // Self-driving vehicles with no humans on board will be able to operate in Florida – once they’re finally ready for prime time – under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis said he hopes to...
How Autonomous Vehicles Improve Traffic Flow
May 29 2019 // A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed a...
U.S. Post Office Testing Driverless Trucks Between 2 Cities
May 21 2019 // The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages moving between Phoenix and Dallas will travel on customized Peterbilt trucks run by TuSimple,...
Driverless Electric Truck Delivers Freight on Public Road in Sweden
May 20 2019 // Resembling the helmet of a Star Wars stormtrooper, a driverless electric truck began daily freight deliveries on a public road in Sweden on Wednesday [May 15], in what developer Einride and logistics customer DB Schenker...
Waymo’s Autonomous Taxi Service Picks Up 1,000th Customer After 6 Months
May 10 2019 // The first major self-driving taxi service needed six months to reach 1,000 customers, another sign that growth may be slow as companies try to build businesses around autonomous vehicles. Waymo, the self-driving project...
Florida Approves Allowing Rideshare Firms to Deploy Autonomous Vehicles
May 7 2019 // Self-driving vehicles could be operated in Florida without a human on board under a bill going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Senate unanimously passed the bill with no debate May 1, a move that could pave the way...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Send Autonomous Vehicle Safety Bill to Governor
May 6 2019 // Oklahoma would establish rules regulating how to safely operate driverless vehicles navigating state highways under a bill passed by Legislature that has been sent to the governor’s office. Autonomous vehicles are...
Tesla Sued over Fatal Crash Allegedly Caused by Autopilot Malfunction
May 2 2019 // Tesla Inc. was sued over a fatal crash on a California highway allegedly caused when the Autopilot system of a 2017 Model X malfunctioned and steered the car into a concrete barrier. The case was filed just two days after...
