Transportation technology

Velodyne creates radar-like systems that use lasers to generate three-dimensional images of a surrounding environment, used by carmakers including Mercedes-Benz AG and Ford Motor Co.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is unveiling a voluntary initiative Monday in an attempt to bring together state and local governments along with vehicle makers.

VW’s investment includes a $1 billion cash infusion and the folding of its $1.6 billion Autonomous Intelligent Driving unit into Argo.

Potential deal could speed autonomous delivery, cutting the giant's costs.

(Bloomberg) -- Nearly half of Americans say they would not get in a self-driving taxi, according to a poll commissioned by the advocacy group Partners for Automated Vehicle Education. The poll, conducted online in February and March by SurveyUSA, found widespread skepticism and confusion about autonomous vehicles. Of the 1,200 adults surveyed, 48% said they would “never get in a taxi or ride-share vehicle that was being driven autonomously,” while 21% said they were unsure about it. A fifth of respondents said that AVs would never be safe, and another fifth stated incorrectly that it is possible “to own a completely driverless vehicle today.”

The uniform and uninspiring looks of these autonomous vehicles are coming under criticism for being as much of a turn-off as the no-frills approach automakers took to designing EVs that ended up being slower sellers than expected.

Tesla was heavily criticized for not doing enough to keep drivers from using its driver-assist function inappropriately.

The NTSB reports include hundreds of pages of data about the accidents, but no conclusions about what caused them

We can expect commercial auto premium will grow relatively in an autonomous world, while personal auto premium shrinks.

Drivers would earn small sums for sharing data on everything from traffic congestion to weather and be debited for infrastructure use and contribution to pollution.