Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, laid out a vision for a huge fleet of self-driving electric vehicles that owners could share with friends or other riders, with Tesla getting a… Read More
The Seattle “tech talk” sponsored this week by GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, had all the hallmarks of a recruiting event for software engineers, plus an extra twist: the self-driving… Read More
General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation. Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt will move out… Read More
Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that could employ as many as 200 engineers within a year.… Read More
Uber executives are providing an update on their plans to put flying cars in the air by 2020, with commercial rides beginning in 2023, but the most pointed comments from… Read More
PITTSBURGH — It’s snowing here tonight, but our first day at GeekWire’s temporary outpost in Pittsburgh was sunny and crisp, perfect for exploring this former industrial city and its colorful… Read More
Fully automated cars are looked at by many in the tech community as a near certainty, maybe even in the next few years, but a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot… Read More
In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech billionaire Elon Musk says. Musk also says that the rapid… Read More
Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the leader of the company’s autonomous vehicle technology push and a central figure in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Google’s self-driving car spinout Waymo. Uber… Read More
Technology has disrupted and changed a variety of industries and experiences, but most wouldn’t put a trip to the DMV in the category of modernized experiences. But the industry is working on… Read More
It’s been a good day on the streets and in the courts for Waymo, the driverless-car company that was spun out from Google as another Alphabet subsidiary last year. First… Read More
The city of Portland wants to get out ahead of the coming autonomous vehicle trend by opening up its streets to companies that want to test their technology. Portland Mayor… Read More
A new bill in the Washington State House of Representatives seeks to regulate testing of autonomous vehicles, deal with insurance issues, and potentially create a mechanism for licensing driverless car… Read More
Chip maker Nvidia has landed another autonomous vehicle partner, this time with Bellevue, Wash.-based Paccar, as the California company most well known for video games continues its push into the… Read More
Over the next decade, driverless vehicles will make their way along Seattle roadways, possibly bringing relief to one of the most congested cities in the United States. Or, according to a new… Read More
Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to develop the virtual-driver system for Ford’s autonomous vehicles. Argo AI was… Read More
Waymo, the automotive venture nurtured by Google and its Alphabet holding company, says it’ll start test-driving its autonomous minivans on public roads in Arizona and California later this month. The company’s… Read More
Uber’s rapid growth has continued this year, even after deciding to leave China, but so has its losses. The ride-hailing giant has lost more than $2.2 billion in the first… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Self-driving cars are all well and good for cross-country trips, but what Madrona Venture Group’s Tom Alberg really wants to see is a self-driving bus that can take him on… Read More
The drive to get people to ride in driverless cars may have more than the technology speed bump to contend with. A new poll indicates that a majority of people prefer to… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we come to you on location from Madrona Venture Group, speaking to Madrona co-founder Tom Alberg and investment associate Daniel Li. They are… Read More
Uber says it’s acquiring Otto, a venture working on self-driving trucks, and starting up an autonomous-vehicle experiment with Volvo in Pittsburgh. The moves by the ride-share trailblazer, announced on Thursday, came… Read More
Ford Motor Co. says it’s aiming to mass-produce fully autonomous vehicles for ride-sharing and ride-hailing services within five years – and it’s investing tens of millions of dollars in ventures that could… Read More
The car of the future may well be controlled by a certified virtual driver that relies on the cloud for guidance, ranging from directions to software security updates. Those are… Read More
Tesla Motors says it’s cooperating with federal authorities in the investigation of the first known traffic death involving a driver who was using the Autopilot self-driving feature on the company’s… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Radar and aircraft go together like hand and glove, but what do you do when the aircraft is a commercial drone that weighs less than a fully loaded… Read More
Experts expect self-driving cars to make the roads much safer, and driving much more convenient. But what will they do to the environment? A newly published study suggests that, under… Read More
Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields has been quoted as saying fully autonomous cars could be available… Read More
“No human drivers wanted”: That just might be the road sign for the high-speed highway transit lanes of the future, if artificial intelligence and driverless cars turn out the way… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This post by BigOven CEO Steve Murch originally appeared on Facebook. It’s republished here with his permission.] We are living in the future we once talked about. This weekend,… Read More