Technology entrepreneur Kyle Vogt started Cruise in 2013, and the company was acquired by GM in 2016 for $1 billion. Subsequently, Cruise received a $30 billion valuation in 2021 and collected over $7 ...

Self-driving car companies (like Waymo) are already operating robotaxi fleets in major cities such as Phoenix, San Francisco and LA. Meanwhile, in the U.K., the Automated Vehicles Act came into law ...

In January, a Waymo car was torn apart in Los Angeles. In February 2024, another Waymo car was smashed and set ablaze in San ...

(Bloomberg) -- Two decades ago, the US military kicked off the race to build self-driving cars by sending a fleet of fledgling robot vehicles across the Mojave Desert in its seminal Darpa challenge.

Hands-free systems like General Motors' Super Cruise are expected to continue leading the available technology for years. Super Cruise was launched in 2017. A new automated driving forecast from ...

— The number of miles driven by Google’s self-driving cars without causing an accident. Testing began in 2010, with Nevada further paving the way (pun intended) for driverless automobiles; the state ...

Self-driving cars such as Waymos could soon roam the streets of Chicago under new legislation proposed in Springfield. A bill filed last week would authorize autonomous vehicle pilot programs in a ...

Detroit will be the first Midwestern city for Waymo. Advancements in the latest Waymo Driver system will allow vehicles to operate safely in snowy conditions, the company said. Waymo has operated an ...

Under the proposals being debated, AV companies would be required to submit detailed documentation showing how their systems are designed, tested, and validated.

A new advocacy group is pushing state lawmakers to pass more stringent autonomous vehicle regulations. The group, Safe Autonomous Vehicles Everywhere in the United States (SAVE-US), says its goal is ...

In 1985, Kenneth T. Jackson published Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, a landmark of American urban history and winner of the Bancroft Prize. Jackson got some particulars ...