Nvidia has introduced a new set of open-source artificial intelligence tools aimed at advancing autonomous vehicle development, positioning the effort as a way to address some of the more difficult real-world challenges that automated driving systems encounter.

Even if Elon Musk's dream of robotaxis for everyone is a long way off, sleek electric cars powered by artificial intelligence packed the Consumer Electronics Show, promising to liberate people from the tedium of driving.

Even with real autonomous vehicle competition arriving this year, the original robotaxi still comes out on top.

From helping drivers with disabilities to making cities more efficient, there are many ways experts say the technology will transform transportation.

Autoliv and Tensor just answered that dilemma with something straight out of a concept car: the world’s first foldable steering wheel for production autonomous vehicles. This breakthrough technology will debut in the Tensor Robocar, which is expected to begin production in the second half of 2026.

On its website, Waymo states that "compared to an average human driver over the same distance in our operating cities," its autonomous vehicles have 90% "fewer serious injuries or worse crashes;" 82% "fewer airbag deployment crashes," and 81% "fewer injury-causing crashes."

When Sergey Antonovich rediscovered a childhood passion for music, he found an unexpected application for his skills as an embedded systems engineer: building bespoke digital accordions. Antonovich admits the accordion isn’t the coolest instrument.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the US agency charged with overseeing automobile safety, including rapidly proliferating self-driving cars. The agency’s new head reportedly worked on Apple’s self-driving car project until recently.

Waymo online course covers extrication, vehicle shutdowns and safe interaction with autonomous cars during emergencies

Autonomous vehicles are a growing technology with significant implications for the transportation industry. This is part of FleetOwner's Fleets Explained, a Trucking 101 series to break down aspects of the trucking and fleet management industries.

Pennsylvania is the latest state to consider allowing autonomous cars. A future where motorists share streets and highways with driverless cars may still be years away, but transportation experts are saying now's the time for elected leaders to plan for ...