Articles about driverless cars

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils his Robotaxi concept for a self-driving rideshare fleet

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, laid out a vision for a huge fleet of self-driving electric vehicles that owners could… Read More

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

The Seattle “tech talk” sponsored this week by GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, had all the hallmarks of a recruiting… Read More

GM shifts its president, Dan Ammann, to the CEO position at Cruise Automation

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle… Read More

GM’s Cruise Automation self-driving car venture plans Seattle office with up to 200 engineers

Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi touts flying cars and ride-hailing company’s turnaround

Uber executives are providing an update on their plans to put flying cars in the air by 2020, with commercial… Read More

Video: First impressions of Pittsburgh, and takeaways on its future as a technology hub

PITTSBURGH — It’s snowing here tonight, but our first day at GeekWire’s temporary outpost in Pittsburgh was sunny and crisp,… Read More

In the race to get driverless cars on the road, expert warns of the need to pump the brakes — for now

Fully automated cars are looked at by many in the tech community as a near certainty, maybe even in the… Read More

Elon Musk on how our cars will drive us – and how AI could threaten us – by 2037

In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech… Read More

Uber terminates executive at center of self-driving car lawsuit brought by Google’s Waymo

Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the leader of the company’s autonomous vehicle technology push and a central figure in a lawsuit filed… Read More

How technology could change the DMV: mobile driver’s licenses, cars that issue speeding tickets and more

Technology has disrupted and changed a variety of industries and experiences, but most wouldn’t put a trip to the DMV in the… Read More

Waymo opens self-driving car testing in Phoenix – and scores in Uber legal battle

It’s been a good day on the streets and in the courts for Waymo, the driverless-car company that was spun… Read More

Portland plans to open its roads to autonomous vehicle testing in a bid to get out ahead of the trend

The city of Portland wants to get out ahead of the coming autonomous vehicle trend by opening up its streets… Read More

Washington state considers autonomous vehicle regulations — but is it too early?

A new bill in the Washington State House of Representatives seeks to regulate testing of autonomous vehicles, deal with insurance… Read More

Nvidia and Paccar team up to develop self-driving truck technology

Chip maker Nvidia has landed another autonomous vehicle partner, this time with Bellevue, Wash.-based Paccar, as the California company most… Read More

New report says increased ride sharing could solve problems when driverless vehicles hit Seattle roads

Over the next decade, driverless vehicles will make their way along Seattle roadways, possibly bringing relief to one of the most congested… Read More

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to… Read More

Google spin-off Waymo revs up self-driving Chrysler minivans in California and Arizona

Waymo, the automotive venture nurtured by Google and its Alphabet holding company, says it’ll start test-driving its autonomous minivans on public… Read More

Uber on track to post a $3B loss for 2016 as revenue and bookings soar, new report says

Uber’s rapid growth has continued this year, even after deciding to leave China, but so has its losses. The ride-hailing… Read More

How self-driving buses could help fix the Seattle region’s traffic mess

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Self-driving cars are all well and good for cross-country trips, but what Madrona Venture Group’s Tom Alberg really wants… Read More

Poll finds Northwest drivers won’t exactly be racing to own driverless cars

The drive to get people to ride in driverless cars may have more than the technology speed bump to contend with.… Read More

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A driverless Interstate 5 in 15 years? These tech investors think it can — and should — be done

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we come to you on location from Madrona Venture Group, speaking… Read More

Otto and Volvo deals help Uber power ahead on autonomous vehicle strategy

Uber says it’s acquiring Otto, a venture working on self-driving trucks, and starting up an autonomous-vehicle experiment with Volvo in Pittsburgh.… Read More

Ford vows to mass-produce fully autonomous cars by 2021 for ride-sharing

Ford Motor Co. says it’s aiming to mass-produce fully autonomous vehicles for ride-sharing and ride-hailing services within five years – and it’s… Read More

How your future car’s virtual driver will take advantage of computing in the cloud

The car of the future may well be controlled by a certified virtual driver that relies on the cloud for… Read More

Feds investigate crash that killed driver while using Autopilot on Tesla Model S car

Tesla Motors says it’s cooperating with federal authorities in the investigation of the first known traffic death involving a driver… Read More

Echodyne unveils a palm-size radar that’s just right for drones and driverless cars

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Radar and aircraft go together like hand and glove, but what do you do when the aircraft is… Read More

Will self-driving cars be good or bad for the planet? That all depends on the policies

Experts expect self-driving cars to make the roads much safer, and driving much more convenient. But what will they do… Read More

Self-driving cars on highways in four years? Ford CEO Mark Fields aims to make it happen

Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields has… Read More

‘Hyper lanes’ for driverless cars? Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz on the future of A.I.

“No human drivers wanted”: That just might be the road sign for the high-speed highway transit lanes of the future,… Read More

Guest Commentary: Don’t forget to stop and smell the future

[Editor’s Note: This post by BigOven CEO Steve Murch originally appeared on Facebook. It’s republished here with his permission.] We are… Read More