China's drivers fret as robotaxis pick up pace - and passengersSelf-driving technology remains experimental but China has moved aggressively to green-light trials compared with the US which is quick to ...
08 Aug, 2024, 08.15 AM IST
Elon Musk says robotaxis are Tesla's future, experts have doubtsMusk's vision of autonomous vehicles, or AVs, is not limited to cars that drive themselves. He has also claimed that individuals who buy Te...
30 Jul, 2024, 12.29 PM IST
China is testing more driverless cars than any other countryAcross China, 16 or more cities have allowed companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, and at least 19 Chinese automakers and ...
15 Jun, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Driverless cars covered 5x more test miles in California in 2023Driverless vehicles in California traveled 3.3 million miles last year, a fivefold increase from the previous year. General Motors' Cruise ...
03 Feb, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
GM's Cruise plans small relaunch of driverless robotaxisCruise last week paused all supervised and manual car trips in the United States while also expanding a safety review of its robotaxis, cau...
23 Nov, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
GM's Cruise robo-taxi CEO Kyle Vogt resigns from companyThe CEO of General Motors' robot-taxi unit Cruise, Kyle Vogt, has resigned from the company a day after apologizing to staff as the company...
20 Nov, 2023, 10.12 AM IST
GM's Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigns from companyVogt, 38, offered little in the way of explanation, stating simply "I have resigned from my position," according to his email to staff view...
20 Nov, 2023, 09.09 AM IST
Cruise grew fast and angered regulators. Now it's dealing with the falloutCalifornia's Department of Motor Vehicles last week accused Cruise of omitting the woman being dragged from a video of the incident it init...
04 Nov, 2023, 11.00 AM IST
Board of GM's Cruise reviewing regulatory response, technologyFederal and state safety regulators are investigating a series of accidents involving driverless Cruise vehicles. California regulators sus...
04 Nov, 2023, 09.54 AM IST
Dubai's roads to have driverless taxis from next monthDubai will begin trial runs of automated self-driving taxis next month along Jumeirah Road. The taxis, operated by US-based Cruise, will in...
26 Sep, 2023, 09.09 PM IST
San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansionThe free shuttle will run daily in a fixed route called the Loop around Treasure Island, the site of a former U.S. Navy base in the middle ...
19 Aug, 2023, 08.02 AM IST
Driverless taxis gain ground in San FranciscoThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) heard six hours of public comment before voting three-to-one to let Waymo, a unit of Goog...
12 Aug, 2023, 02.01 PM IST
Two rival robotaxi services win approval to operate throughout San Francisco despite safety concernsThe state's Public Utilities Commission voted to approve rival services from Cruise and Waymo to operate around-the-clock service. It will ...
11 Aug, 2023, 08.10 AM IST
Self-driving car companies zoom ahead, leaving U.S. regulators behindCruise, Tesla, Alphabet Inc's Waymo and Aurora Innovation Inc are among many companies aiming to deploy fully autonomous vehicle technology...
02 Feb, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
Super-cheap driverless taxis may kick mass transit to the curbWhile driverless cars have already shown the ability to handle highways, companies are pushing to perfect them for city streets, using GPS ...
25 Oct, 2016, 09.49 AM IST
A look at how Uber became a unicorn in six yearsIn this short span of six-odd years, Uber became a unicorn, and the tech firm has now branched out into new areas with an aim of becoming a...
04 Oct, 2016, 05.29 PM IST
From Knight Rider to Jurassic Park, six times when Hollywood went driverless!Driverless cars used in 'Knight Riders', remains the high watermark for many future-car fans.
23 Sep, 2016, 12.06 PM IST