Self-driving Cars


This will be the first part of a long-term partnership between the two companies.


Drivers still had to take over once every 13 miles in Arizona, according to new documents the New York Times obtained.


Here’s what the car — and its operator — saw.


Uber’s fatal self-driving crash causes some automakers and regulators to exercise caution while others push forward with their autonomous-car efforts.


The car was operating in autonomous mode when it crashed into a woman.


Waymo is shipping cargo for Google.


The company provided little detail on the scale of the operation.


The company put out a new video that shows consumers what its self-driving cars see.


The company is testing its cars in a delivery service, mapping out the streets for a driverless ride-hail service and setting up a fleet-management center.


The California DMV passed regulations that allow for the public testing and deployment of autonomous cars without drivers.


California’s own senator isn’t convinced the technology is ready.


The automaker is asking the government to make an exemption for 16 of the federal motor-vehicle safety standards.


Toyota is working with Uber and other partners to develop a new self-driving shuttle service.


Cruise has often touted the technological benefits of training its cars how to drive in big cities, but the financial benefit is just as substantial.
SoftBank and Mubadala are in the round.

Urmson is No. 98 on the Recode 100.

Vogt is No. 72 on the Recode 100.

Heck is No. 68 on the Recode 100.

Paliwal is No. 59 on the Recode 100.

Krafcik is No. 46 on the Recode 100.

Shashua and Iagnemma are No. 41 on the Recode 100.


Susan Fowler, who worked under AG Gangadhar while at Uber, criticized the hire.


Alphabet’s self-driving arm requested the delay after it received new, late-in-the-game evidence from Uber.


Click around our interactive graphic to explore the complicated web of self-driving and ride-sharing relationships.


The automaker will sell these base vehicles to Uber starting in 2019.


It’s limited to an experiment in Phoenix, but this move marks the beginnings of Waymo’s driverless future.


This probably wasn’t part of Waymo’s plan when it delayed the trial until December.


It takes a long time and a lot of staged incidents for a car to learn how to drive itself.


Delphi has bought nuTonomy for $450 million.


Google’s secretive experimental unit hired a new firm, a federal ethics report shows.


David Lawee, a partner at Alphabet’s investment arm CapitalG, is joining the board.


GM’s self-driving arm Cruise will be testing its Chevy Bolts in a 5-square-mile part of lower Manhattan.


The company has also taught its cars to hear and see sirens and pull over.


Here’s a sense of today’s self-driving ride.


Remember Cyanogen? It’s now Cyngn, and may have since moved on to yet another autonomous tech.


Its latest move: Buying 11-person sensor startup Strobe.


The company is looking to expand its business — both globally and with new partnerships.


The bill, called AV Start, still does not include regulations for autonomous trucks.


Autonomous-car companies have a lot of work to do on changing public perception.


Testing in the hardest places first means we’ll get to scale faster than starting with the easier ones.