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Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says city’s focus on Amazon HQ2 is ‘missing the big story’

For the past month, Seattle’s civic leaders have been trying to make sense of Amazon’s plans to establish a second… Read More

Major stretch of I-5 will be devoted exclusively to self-driving cars by 2040, new study predicts

Buckle up, because a new report from Madrona Venture Group predicts we’re speeding toward a self-driving future faster than you… Read More

‘I’m with the news, dude’ — watch this TV reporter try to figure out what’s up with a ‘driverless’ car

As a trusted journalist with years of experience in the profession, I never thought about just saying, “I’m with the… Read More

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Week in Geek podcast: From truck stops to elite dating, what’s next in technology

GeekWire reporters explored the frontiers of technology in some unusual locations this week — visiting a truck stop in North… Read More

‘Ain’t nobody gonna trust it:’ What truck drivers think about sharing the road with self-driving vehicles

Exit 34 off Interstate-90 near North Bend, Wash., isn’t the typical pit-stop for most motorists who quickly zoom by on… 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

Echodyne gets $29M from NEA, Bill Gates and others to boost radar for drones

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out… 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

Autonomous deliveries? Secretive Amazon team explores the potential for self-driving vehicles

Amazon has had a team dedicated to researching autonomous vehicles for more than a year, according to a report from the Wall… 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

Lawsuit: Google self-driving car spinout Waymo claims Uber using stolen laser-mapping technology

Google self-driving car spinout Waymo has filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco against Uber, alleging that former… 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

Amazon patents system to help autonomous vehicles handle traffic shifts

There’s been a lot of speculation about Amazon’s interest in self-driving delivery trucks, and a newly issued patent suggests that… 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

Audi teams up with Nvidia to create an advanced autonomous car by 2020

Nvidia may be best-known for video games, but its deal with Audi to provide the smarts for an autonomous vehicle… Read More

Ford shows off a sleeker self-driving car

The latest iteration of Ford’s self-driving Fusion Hybrid vehicle, unveiled today, repositions the laser-ranging sensors that used to poke up from the… 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

Fully autonomous driving? Elon Musk promises Tesla’s cars will make it so

Billionaire Elon Musk doubled down on Tesla Motors’ autonomous driving features today, saying that every vehicle produced from now on… Read More

Study: Self-driving cars are good news for aggressive drivers because they’re easier to ‘bully’

Self-driving cars are supposed to herald a utopia for energy efficiency, reduced traffic, commuter productivity, and … people with road… Read More

Lyft co-founder lays out vision for driverless vehicles, says car ownership will end by 2025

Car ownership will end by 2025 and a majority of Lyft rides will be in fully autonomous vehicles within five… Read More

Why Tesla’s Autopilot will rely on radar (and the cloud) to make driving safer

Tesla car owners are getting an upgrade to their Autopilot semi-autonomous driving software, but this won’t be your standard software upgrade:… 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

No more garages? Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman says self-driving cars will change the urban real estate market

Self-driving cars are headed our way and, while experts debate exactly how fast they’re going, one thing is certain: They… 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

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GeekWire Radio: Robert Scoble on augmented reality, Amazon, and how technology is changing what it means to be human

In three years, everyone will be wearing virtual reality goggles and watching drone racing, wearing virtual makeup and commuting to… Read More