(Natural News) German police officers chased a Tesla car on autopilot before finding out that its driver was asleep. Officers of the Bavarian State Police (BSP) spotted the said Tesla driving along Autobahn 70 on Dec. 29. The vehicle was headed eastward to the town of Bayreuth from Bamberg, both located in Germany’s Bavaria state. It was driving at […]

(Natural News) Tesla is about to face a major manslaughter trial over a fatal crash caused by one of its vehicles that was operating on autopilot. The trial is expected to answer who will be responsible for fatalities caused by self-driving cars. The main person on trial is Kevin George Aziz Riad, a 27-year-old limousine […]

(Natural News) A study has found that a laser aimed at the guidance system of a self-driving car can disrupt its sensors and trick it into not seeing a pedestrian or another obstacle in its way. In a pre-print study, researchers from the United States and Japan were able to trick a self-driving car – the […]

(Natural News) The autonomous vehicles of the self-driving car company Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, are causing traffic incidents in San Francisco. On more than one occasion, these driverless cars even blocked buses. San Francisco residents took to social media to share images and videos of at least three Cruise self-driving cars blocking traffic in […]

(Natural News) Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology uses light from lasers to measure distances. The reflections produced by these laser lights after bouncing off objects generate precise information about the surrounding area. While these weak laser pulses help autonomous vehicles determine distance and see things, lidar lasers can potentially damage human eyes and certain […]

(Natural News) Autonomous vehicles are slowly becoming a reality with new developments being announced in the sector. However, these driverless vehicles pose a new set of problems for law enforcement. To address this predicament, law enforcement has indicated a need to identify and communicate with driverless cars. New technologies to aid law enforcement by making […]

(Natural News) An autonomous taxi operated by Waymo got stranded at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona while carrying a passenger. A tech support team arrived to free it but the car suddenly drove away and pulled over again, blocking a three-lane road. Joel Johnson captured the whole incident on video while sitting in the autonomous taxi’s back seat. In the footage, which he […]

(Natural News) Nissan Leaf has broken record for longest self-driving journey in the U.K., successfully driving itself for 230 miles. This is the longest and most complex journey undertaken by an autonomous vehicle so far in the country. The Nissan Leaf was fitted with a GPS, eight laser scanners, seven cameras and radar systems located around […]

(Natural News) The question of who is to blame when a fully autonomous vehicle crashes is holding up legislation that the auto industry says it needs to advance. In a normal crash involving only human-operated vehicles, it’s much more straightforward who is to blame. The vehicle or vehicles involved have human drivers after all. “If another driver […]

(Natural News) Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out a fleet of driverless taxis in Beijing on Sunday, May 2, becoming the first firm to commercialize autonomous driving in China. Unlike previous demonstrations, there is no human driver behind the wheel as the autonomous cars, called Apollo Go Robotaxis, ferry passengers in Shougang Park in west Beijing. Instead, a […]