If your car can hit the brakes in an emergency and check your blind spots, will that make you a worse driver? Increasingly, automakers are worrying it may. Driver-assist technology that keeps cars in their lanes, maintains a safe distance from other vehicles, warns of unseen traffic and slams the brakes to avoid rear-end crashes […]
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Federal rules recognize software as drivers of driverless cars
If you hop into one of Google’s pod-like self-driving cars, you won’t be considered the driver, according to a letter sent to Google by federal transportation officials. Instead, the law will treat the car’s software as the driver. “We agree with Google its (self-driving vehicle) will not have a ‘driver’ in the traditional sense that […]
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Google’s self-driving car offers smooth test ride
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif – Three SUVs – looking like they just pulled out of a carwash – sit waiting in front of the Google X headquarters. The Lexus logo has been stripped from the front grill to make room for a sensor. One Myself and a herd of other journalists gather around and snap photos. […]
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Video: Self-driving truck gets licensed in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Its name is “Inspiration” and Daimler Trucks says it’s the first ever self-driving semi-truck licensed to drive on public roads — in this case Nevada’s highways — not only for testing, but business, too. Daimler Trucks North America LLC debuted the self-driving big rig Tuesday night with a drive — and a […]
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New car technology may take the wheel out of human hands
(NewsUSA) — Google has been making news in recent months for its work in a ground-breaking area: driverless automobile technology. A prototype of Google’s new self-driving car — a two-passenger electric vehicle with buttons to turn the vehicle on and off, but no steering wheel, accelerator pedal or brake pedal — was unveiled in May. […]