Absent a federal standard, states that allow autonomous vehicles, or AVs, to circulate have had to make up their own rules.

The advent of self-driving cars promises a future where transportation is more efficient and less reliant on human input. Yet, despite the technological advancements, significant safety concerns ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's science and technology ministry on Wednesday issued ethical guidelines for autonomous driving technology, requiring developers to prioritise user safety and refrain from ...

Compared to human drivers, Waymo cars were involved in 91 percent fewer crashes that resulted in serious injuries.

Self-driving cars may need to act more like humans, new research has found. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found autonomous cars with a greater focus on being ...

DETROIT As autonomous car technology rapidly progresses, makers of the cars face the difficult question of how safe they must be before they re ready to move people on highways and city streets. Right ...

California approved a law last year allowing the police to cite autonomous vehicles, but it did not specify any penalties, and the law doesn’t take effect until 2026. By Michael Levenson and Laurel ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Police in San Bruno, Calif., were patrolling for drunk drivers when they observed a car traveling erratically. But ...

For the sake of human convenience, there’s a lot more work that needs to be done, especially in the safety department. Autonomous cars have the capacity to be something great, but with the ...

I speak on behalf of Human Rights Watch, a co-founding member of Stop Killer Robots campaign. The Martens Clause provides one existing ethical framework against which to assess autonomous weapons ...