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After a Waymo was set on fire in San Francisco, is this the end of the road for self-driving cars? Don’t bet on it

Published 13 February 2024
By Will Dron
The road to fully autonomous vehicles becoming mainstream has been a bumpy one, to say the least, but on Saturday it became a fiery one, too.
Jeep tests prototypes of autonomous off-road driving technology

Watch Jeeps drive themselves off-road

Jeep has offered the public a glimpse of its autonomous off-road driving technology in a new video.
Published 31 May 2023
Waymo self-driving car in rain in San Francisco

Watch: Self-driving car in heavy rain

The autonomous driving technology company Waymo appears to be making considerable progress when it comes to dealing with bad weather.
Published 01 March 2023
German court calls Tesla Autopilot claims misleading

Tesla recalls 362,000 cars with Full Self-Driving

Hundreds of thousands of Teslas are being "recalled" after the US vehicle safety regulator said Full Self-Driving increased the risk of crashes.
Published 17 February 2023
Jaguar and Waymo announce driverless car project using I-Pace electric SUV

Autonomous taxis far from faultless

A piece in The Times underscores the fact that, as yet, autonomous robotaxi technology is far from faultless.
Published 12 December 2022
Apple targets 2024 for passenger car with "next level" battery tech

Apple scales back autonomous car ambitions

Technology giant Apple has significantly scaled back its ambitions to unveil a fully-autonomous electric car by 2025.
Published 08 December 2022
Jaguar Land Rover to open self-driving 'smart city hub' in Ireland

Law change to allow movies in self-driving cars

Proposed Highway Code changes will pave the way for self-driving cars on UK roads by 2025, including the ability to watch movie on the move.
Published 20 April 2022
Mercedes tests Drive Pilot

Mercedes to take blame for self-driving crashes

Mercedes has announced that it will take legal responsibility for any crashes that occur while the self-driving system is engaged.
Published 28 March 2022
King Long Robobus in Chongqing

Autonomous buses operating in China

The Chinese city of Chongqing has begun operating a network of autonomous buses that are already available to be hailed by the public.
Published 01 February 2022
German court calls Tesla Autopilot claims misleading

Tesla Autopilot accidents down

Tesla has released its latest quarterly report showing an improvement in the safety performance of its Autopilot driver assistance system.
Published 18 January 2022
FedEx to begin self-driving truck trials on US highways between Dallas and Houston

FedEx to begin self-driving truck trials

US parcel delivery firm FedEx is to begin testing a fleet of self-driving trucks on highways in the state of Texas in partnership with Aurora.
Published 24 September 2021
Tesla Model 3

Tesla Autopilot reduces driver attention

Tesla Autopilot to launch later this year, but study reveals its negative impact on driver behaviour.
Published 21 September 2021
Apollo robotaxi

Robotaxis on test in Shanghai

Chinese tech giant Baidu has opened up its self-driving Apollo Go robotaxi to the public on the streets of Shanghai, according to a state-owned m
Published 15 September 2021