Self-driving Vehicles

"Tesla's updated Navigate on Autopilot software now lets some drivers choose whether the car can automatically change lanes without his or her input," writes Consumer Reports -- before complaining that the feature "doesn't work very well and could create safe…

Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovation said on Thursday it would buy Montana-based Blackmore, a company that develops lidar detection technology used in self-driving vehicles. Aurora is among dozens of automakers and large technology companies working on…

If youre skeptical of or put off by the idea of self-driving cars, then theres a good chance you wont be a fan of Fords intriguing research project designed to have robots get out of self-driving cars and deliver packages right to your door. Over the past fe…

That bipedal humanoid robot is named Digit. Say goodbye now, because youll never see one in person. Agility Robotics announced an ambitious partnership today with Ford to tackle the most labor-intensive portion of package delivery: the so-called last mile fr…

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight. San Diego-based startup …

It's not fast and may be years from visiting your neighborhood, but a walking robot is part of Ford's vision for how its autonomous vehicles will someday deliver packages and goods. The robot known as Digit and designed and built by Agility Robotics, walks u…

Dr. Xiaodi Hou, president of TuSimple, said in a statement: "It is exciting to think that before many people will ride in a robo-taxi, their mail and packages may be carried in a self-driving truck. Performing for the USPS on this pilot in this particular co…

Ford revealed details of its long-awaited restructuring plan Monday as it prepared for a future of electric and autonomous vehicles by parting ways with 7,000 white-collar workers worldwide, about 10 per cent of its global salaried workforce. READ MORE: Pr…

The world is inexorably moving to an era where personal mobility is connected, shared, electric, and ultimately autonomous. But that utopian future the one where we are whisked to work in an amorphous pod with IMAX movies and fresh popcorn, all the while chec…

This story originally appeared on PCMagOn March 1, a Tesla Model 3 crashed into a semitrailer in Delray Beach, Florida, which sheared off the vehicle's roof and proved fatal for the driver. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety B…