New NHTSA Chief: Agency to Scrutinize Auto-Driver Technology July 1, 2022 By Tom Krisher WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the government’s road safety agency says it will intensify efforts to understand the...
Nuclear Industry Hopes to Expand Output with New Reactors June 22, 2022 By Jennifer McDermott The U.S. nuclear industry is generating less electricity as reactors retire, but now plant operators are hoping to nearly double...
California Railroad Tests Use of Quake Alerts to Stop Trains June 20, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California regional passenger rail service announced Thursday that is testing technology that will use...
Tesla Faces Increase in Complaints Over ‘Phantom Braking’ June 3, 2022 By Keith Laing Tesla Inc. is facing stepped-up scrutiny from US regulators who have received 758 complaints of cars made by the company...
Assisted Driving Systems Struggle With Collision Tests – Study May 12, 2022 By Joseph White DETROIT —Assisted driving systems installed in Tesla Inc., Hyundai Motor Co. and Subaru Corp. vehicles failed to avoid head-on collisions...
Tired of Waiting for Driverless Vehicles? Head to a Farm March 17, 2022 By Scott McFetridge DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were...
Alphabet’s Waymo, CH Robinson to Test Automated Trucks in Texas February 16, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO —Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O self-driving technology unit Waymo and truck fleet operator C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc CHRW.O said on...
A Sign of Ransomware Growth: Gangs Now Arbitrate Disputes February 10, 2022 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up...
Progressive Says Technology Pulling Auto Safety in Opposite Directions February 10, 2022 By Jim Sams While automakers are making progress in including lifesaving automatic safety devices with their latest vehicles, advances in another kind of...
UK Needs Law For Self-Driving Cars, Government Body Says January 26, 2022 By Nick Carey LONDON–Britain should pass a law regulating self-driving vehicles and include sanctions for companies if anything goes wrong when their vehicles...