A new excitement is building for autonomous vehicles to become mainstream.

Self-driving cars often seem like something pulled straight from science fiction. The idea that a vehicle can steer, brake, and navigate traffic without human input still feels futuristic to many ...

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As self-driving cars begin operating in cities, a question remains about how to make them work in rural areas with limited ...

Self-driving cars did not disappear. They simply slipped out of the spotlight. While attention shifted to generative AI, autonomous vehicles quietly began operating in real cities, carrying passengers ...

In 1985, Kenneth T. Jackson published Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, a landmark of American urban history and winner of the Bancroft Prize. Jackson got some particulars ...

Today, the unmanned vehicles circulating on American highways and side streets are a fraction of what executives promised in the giddy early days of the technology’s development. But when will drivers ...

Car crashes aren’t very funny. Unless, apparently, it’s a self-driving car. Researchers on public perception of these new vehicles explain why. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To ...

Federal auto regulators have escalated a probe of Tesla after several of its cars crashed while using its self-driving feature, just as CEO Elon Musk prepares to roll out a new model with no steering ...

Outside my door in Austin, Texas, a portentous transportation choice is playing out. One path points to a light-rail system that’s been in the works for a quarter of a century and hasn’t broken ground ...

Have you spotted any self-driving cars in Boston yet? Waymo is bringing its autonomous vehicles back to the area for testing.