New Audi Cars to Tell Drivers in U.S. When Traffic Lights Will Change August 15, 2016 By Alexandria Sage German carmaker Audi is rolling out technology that will allow its vehicles in the United States to communicate with traffic...
Start-Up Otto in Fast Lane to Test Self-Driving Trucking by Year’s End August 8, 2016 By Alexandria Sage Self-driving trucking start-up Otto is poised to put its software in the hands of long-haul truckers by the end of...
Tesla Says AutoPilot Not a Factor in Pennsylvania Crash July 6, 2016 By Paul Lienert and Alexandria Sage -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X...
Tesla CEO Musk Defends Reporting Autopilot Fatality 9 Days After Accident July 6, 2016 By Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days...
Honda Self-Driving Cars on Display at New Testing Facility in California June 2, 2016 By Alexandria Sage Honda Motor Co gave a sneak preview of its self-driving prototypes on Wednesday, saying it was already on its way...
Robot Cars Complain About Humans’ Poor Roads, Lane Markings, Signage April 28, 2016 By Alexandria Sage Volvo’s North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker’s semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during...
Reuters Special Report: How Google Is Winning Acceptance of Driverless Vehicles April 27, 2016 By Alexandria Sage, David Shepardson and Paul Ingrassia The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Plaza in Austin, Texas is a strip mall with a pet-accessories store, a Thai restaurant and...
Attacks by Michigan Uber Driver Renew Questions About Vetting Processes February 23, 2016 By Alexandria Sage and Mary Wisniewski The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc.,...
Equipment Failure, Training, Inspection Flaws at Fault for Rio-Paris Crash July 6, 2012 By Alexandria Sage and Tim Hepher Pilot error, defective sensors, inadequate training and insufficient oversight combined to send an Air France passenger plane plunging into the...
Financial, Legal Woes Dogged Breast Implant Company December 27, 2011 By Alexandria Sage Signs of legal problems and financial losses surrounding the French breast implant manufacturer at the heart of a scandal affecting...