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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said Monday that the company hopes to have its self-driving technology ready and widely available by the end of 2022.
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APPLE intends to bring a self-driving passenger vehicle by 2024, complete with its own breakthrough battery technology.
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Uber may be close to waving the white flag on its autonomous driving ambitions.
The ride-hail giant is reportedly in talks to sell its Advance Technologies Group — which has been beset by infighting
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Walmart is adding Cruise, a majority-owned affiliate of General Motors, to its roster of self-driving startup partners, in a pilot delivery program early next year in Scottsdale, Ariz., the retailer
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A former Google engineer who stole self-driving car technology for Uber was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison, in what a California judge called the “biggest trade secret crime” he’s ever seen. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco refused to hand out a shorter sentence Tuesday to Anthony Levandowski, because it …
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Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firm’s driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving, a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday. Tesla can appeal the ruling. The case was brought by Germany’s Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry-sponsored body tasked with policing anti-competitive practices. The …
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Amazon has agreed to buy California-based self-driving startup Zoox in a deal reported to be worth more than $1 billion that gives it options to use autonomous technology in either ride-hailing or its delivery network. The world’s largest online retailer has stepped up its investment in the car sector, participating in self-driving car startup Aurora …
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A top executive overseeing safety issues at Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has left the company. Debbie Hersman is stepping down as chief safety officer after just over a year on the job, Waymo said Thursday, and will instead serve as a consultant to the company. Hersman, the former chair of the US National Transportation …
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Allstate Corp., one of the largest U.S. auto insurers, said on Monday it would return more than $600 million in premiums to customers as many Americans drive less due to stay-at-home orders aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak. Most customers will receive a “payback” of 15% of their monthly premium in April and May, the …
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said Monday that the company hopes to have its self-driving technology ready and widely available by the end of 2022.
