Uber acknowledged hiring a former Google engineer now accused of stealing self-driving car technology despite having received warnings that he was still carrying around some of his former employer's property.The admission, contained in a Thursday court f

Autonomous vehicles are already navigating the verdant hills of Pittsburgh and the pitched avenues of San Francisco. They may soon be tested by the chaos of Manhattan, where pedestrians, taxis, buses and bikes embark daily on an eternal quest to...

Volvo is undertaking an ambitious project where up to 100 of its self-driving prototypes will be handed over to regular customers in Gothenburg, Sweden, the automaker’s hometown.The customers will drive the prototypes in everyday conditions, including on a

Self-driving cars have the potential to bring substantial societal benefits, the primary one being improved safety.The thinking is that by replacing the human with a computer, the number of accidents could be dramatically reduced. This is based on results ...

General Motors says it has built 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars at a factory in suburban Detroit.The cars are equipped with GM's second-generation self-driving software and equipment. They will join 50 self-driving Bolts that are already bei