Self-driving Vehicles

(Reuters) – Waymo is rolling out amenities to entice riders to use its self-driving taxis, creating a potential route to profitability in a money-losing industry. The Alphabet subsidiary is testing complimentary Wi-Fi in its robotaxis in greater Phoenix, whe…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will “most likely” begin upgrading older electric vehicles with its new custom chip later this year a lofty task that will involve retrofitting hundreds of thousands of Model S, X and 3s. Musk tweeted Sunday night that th…

The companies are poised to talk about extending the partnership at a July 11th meeting, according to one of the sources. Neither VW nor Ford is willing to discuss the finer points of negotiations, although spokespeople for both said they were making progres…

Global automakers BMW and Daimler will join forces in a new long-term partnership to co-develop automated driving technologies, including levels of automation all the way up to SAE Level 4, which is defined as full self-driving, no human intervention required…

In a significant development for Alphabets autonomous vehicle company, Waymo has secured permission to transport passengers in its self-driving taxis in California, but probably not you. This week, the California Public Utilities Commission issued the compan…

Waymo's movin' on up in California. Waymo As Waymo continues to test its Waymo One commercial service in the Phoenix area, it's got its eyes on expansion. Now, with a new permit from the California Public Utilities Commision in its hands, it's one step clos…

Waymo has received a permit to carry passengers in its self-driving vehicles in California, TechCrunch's Kirsten Korosec first reported on Tuesday. The permit, which was issued by the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday, allows Waymo to carry…

Aptiv, Audi, Baidu, BMW, Continental, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Here Technologies, Infineon and Volkswagen were all involved in crafting the paper, which established 12 principles for autonomous vehicles. They include: safe operation, operational de…

Self-driving vehicles are often trumpeted as the answer to the million of injuries and deaths that occur each year on the world’s roadways. Developers and proponents of the technology argue that an automated system that can see, hear, react and make better d…

When it comes to developing and testing self-driving cars or building the software and parts that grant them the power to drive autonomously, it's often considered the wild west here in the U.S.  So to get the future of high-level autonomous driving on the s…