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  • Why Tesla is on trial over a fatal Autopilot crash — and what it means for the future of driver-assist technology

    A Miami courtroom is hearing emotional testimony in a rare federal case scrutinizing Tesla’s driver-assist tech and Elon Musk’s safety claims

  • If I were Google, I'd be investing billions...: Vinod Khosla on tech giant's robotaxi startup Waymo

    Waymo has been into developing self-driving cars for more than a decade now. Once a Google car project, it was given full autonomy in 2016. Waymo conducts its business through ride-hailing services in parts of the US.

  • Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving may enter China very soon

    Musk said "It may be possible very soon" while replying to an X post by a user asking when the EV maker would launch FSD in China.

  • Bengaluru man turns Alto K10 into self-driving car using second-hand smartphone

    Watch how a Bengaluru-based tech enthusiast transformed a customized Maruti Alto K10 into a self-driving marvel using a simple budget smartphone and Flowpilot, an open-source driver assistance system. Discover how this differs from Tesla!

  • Driverless car on Bengaluru streets in viral video. What we know about it

    The zPod, a self-driving car from AI firm Minus Zero, was recently spotted in Bengaluru. Watch viral video

  • Apple scales back self-driving car, delays launch to 2026

    The company's automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014, when it first started to design a vehicle from scratch.

  • Tesla's self-driving beta 10.2 release pushed back a week

    Elon Musk had announced the rollout of version 10.2 on midnight October 1 before pushing it a week further

  • Musk says Tesla’s autopilot software is ‘not great’

    Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted: “The FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great imo (in my opinion), but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible.”

  • Tesla 'AI Day': What to expect from Elon Musk's event on artificial intelligence

    Tesla's AI Day event is keenly awaited by industry experts, auto sector observers and company's fans as Elon Musk is expected to address tough questions over the "Full Self-Driving (FSD) system" claims he had made at a similar event, Autonomous Day, held in April 2019.

  • Six injured as self-driving Tesla crashes in school car park in Southern England

    At least one person was reported to have been pinned under the electric car in a car park of a college in Sussex, the report said, adding that exact number was not clear.

  • Elon Musk says Tesla new self-driving rollout could take a couple of months

    Tesla shares were down 4.4% at $589.89 in late afternoon, extending falls after the U.S. safety regulator said it has launched a probe into a fatal crash near Fontana, California, involving one of the company's vehicles.

  • Uber, after years of trying, is handing off its self-driving car project

    The US company is paying Aurora, a startup, to take over the autonomous car operation, which had become a financial and legal headache

  • Honda, Hino Motors to join SoftBank, Toyota's self-driving car service venture

    Under an agreement, Honda and Hino, in which Toyota owns a majority stake, would each invest around 250 million yen ($2.27 million) in the joint venture, Monet Technologies, and take 10 percent stakes in the venture, Monet said.

  • Apple self-driving car layoffs give hints to division's direction

    The tech firm said in a filing with state regulators that it planned to lay off people from seven different Santa Clara facilities near its Cupertino, California headquarters, as of April 16. A company spokesman confirmed that the reduction was from the self-driving car program.

  • Uber considers minority investors for self-driving car unit: Report

    Uber received interest from potential investors and could spin off its Advanced Technologies Group into a separate business unit with its own valuation and equity, FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

  • General Motors' self-driving car violated a traffic rule - and was given a ticket

    A traffic police officer pulled over the car for not allowing a pedestrian to cross over in San Francisco, though the company asserted that no wrongdoing had happened

  • Arizona Police releases Uber crash footage which killed one person, says taxi aggregator may not be at fault

    The accident took place on Sunday at around 10 pm local time in Tempe, Arizona, when a female pedestrian crossing the street was struck by a self-driving car.

  • Nissan, DeNA schedule public tests of self-driving car service in Japan next year

    The two companies join a growing number of global car makers and tech firms leveraging automated driving technology into new mobility services.

  • Baidu to launch self-driving car technology in July

    The project is named Apollo after the lunar landing program, the Chinese search giant said, adding it would work with partners who provide vehicles, sensors and other components for the new technology.

  • Google self-driving car effort expands hiring, posts jobs

    Alphabet Inc's self-driving project is advertising dozens of jobs on its website with a special focus on manufacturing expertise.

  • PM Modi takes tour of Masdar City in Abu Dhabi

    The authorities briefed the Prime Minister about various aspects of the zero-carbon smart city, situated around 17 kilometres South-East of Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital. "Science is life," Modi digitally wrote in visitors' book at Masdar city.

  • Google's self-driving car project logs more than 300,000 test miles

    Internet search giant Google has been handling many different projects. One of their projects, the self-driving car, is being tested all the time. Google

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