Uber's self-driving car unit grabs $1 billion in investment
Uber's self-driving car unit has lured $1 billion in investment ahead of the company's hotly anticipated stock market debut.
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Tesla accuses ex-employee of giving stolen technology to Chinese rival
Tesla is accusing a former employee of stealing intellectual property worth hundreds of millions of dollars and sharing it with a Chinese rival.
Tesla's promise of 'full-self-driving' angers autonomous vehicle experts
Tesla is selling its cars with the option of "full self-driving capability," a feature that's drawing criticism from experts on self-driving technology. They say CEO Elon Musk is playing fast and loose with definitions, overselling the technology and potentially creating safety issues.
Ford to test self-driving cars in Washington DC
Self-driving cars are headed to their biggest stage yet: Washington DC.
Toyota invests $500 million in Uber
Toyota just placed a big bet on autonomous vehicles.
Uber shuts down its self-driving truck unit
Uber is shutting down its self-driving trucks unit.
Uber operator in fatal self-driving crash likely distracted
The person behind the wheel of the Uber self-driving Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona was likely streaming "The Voice" on a cellphone at the time of the incident.
Uber invests millions to build flying taxis in France
Uber wants to build flying taxis in France.
Uber shuts down self-driving operations in Arizona
Uber is closing down its self-driving car operation in Arizona.
Tesla executive joins self-driving car venture Waymo
A top Tesla executive has left to join Waymo, the autonomous car technology startup owned by Google parent company Alphabet.
Tesla Model X was in autopilot before fatal crash
Tesla said autopilot was activated during a fatal Model X crash last week in California.
Fatality puts brakes on self-driving cars
What's believed to be the first fatality involving a fully autonomous car has caused companies to put the breaks on self-driving car initiatives.
Arizona suspends Uber's self-driving car tests after fatal crash
Arizona has suspended Uber's self-driving car tests in the state following a fatal crash involving one of the company's autonomous vehicles.
Self-driving cars already really safe
A pedestrian is killed by a car roughly every 90 minutes in the United States. And until this week, all of those drivers were human.
Uber's self-driving car fatality: What you need to know
A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian on a street Sunday in Tempe, Arizona. It's believed to be the first fatality involving a fully autonomous car.
Toyota to invest in new self-driving car company
Toyota is stepping on the gas to develop a commercially viable autonomous car.
Waymo patents method to avoid puking in self-driving cars
Waymo wants to make sure you never get sick in self-driving cars.
Car washes cause problems for self-driving vehicles
The most cutting-edge cars on the planet require an old-fashioned handwashing.
GM introduces self-driving car without a steering wheel
For 110 years, General Motors has been making cars with steering wheels and pedals. But that just changed.
Pizza Hut is working on self-driving delivery trucks
Your Pizza Hut delivery could one day arrive via a self-driving Toyota van.
Nissan's working on mind-reading cars
Nissan engineers are researching technology that uses brainwave sensors to detect a driver's intentions.
Driver killed in Tesla crash was warned to put hands on wheel
Joshua Brown's Tesla warned him seven times to put his hands back on the wheel before he plowed into a truck.
Waymo retires cute self-driving car prototype
Being cute only gets you so far as a self-driving car.
Google's Waymo worth more than GM, Tesla and Uber?
Self-driving cars may be the wave of the future. But analysts at Morgan Stanley think one driverless car tech company may already be worth more than all of the US auto industry's established giants and newer competitors from Silicon Valley as well.
