Self-driving Vehicles

Business Insider Intelligence Around the globe, a combination of economic and regulatory forces coupled with the rise of competitive tech challengers is putting significant pressure on legacy automakers to innovate at a rapid rate. Auto sales are on a de…

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the Lightyear One, an all-electric luxury car that, according to its creators, can drive almost 500 miles on a single charge. Compare that to the average electric car that gets around 190 miles, and e…

If self-driving cars become mainstream, it’s likely that many of them will be electric. But if no one is driving, will anyone be around to plug them in? Electrify America — the entity created to spend Volkswagen diesel emissions fines on zero-emission vehicle…

Their first pilot demonstration will take place in San Francisco. The autonomous charging station will allow self-driving EV fleets to connect to Electrify America's 150kW DC fast chargers without human intervention. The cars will park themselves inside a sta…

Before I got a license and a car, getting to and from high school was an ordeal. The hour-long bus ride was awful, as one would expect when sixty adolescents are crammed together with minimal supervision. Avoiding the realities going on around me was a consta…

As far as robot arms are concerned, this one is sorta friendly-lookin'. Electrify America Electric vehicle charging points are great to see popping up in all corners of the globe, but when it comes to future autonomous vehicles, they're sort of incompatible…

DETROIT Amazon is expanding its transportation prowess to do virtually everything short of building a car. While Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has said little publicly about the company's ambitions in the sector, the strategy is aimed at leveraging Amazo…

WASHINGTON 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 Committee sent automakers, saf…

You’re driving down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and all of a sudden your car breaks on its own. A hacker has managed to attack your car through your internet-connected entertainment system and has seized control of the brakes, bringing you to a halt. The gas p…

You’re driving down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and all of a sudden your car breaks on its own. A hacker has managed to attack your car through your internet-connected entertainment system and has seized control of the brakes, bringing you to a halt. The gas p…