Automated vehicles will bring new and perhaps unanticipated traffic safety issues to the states. The Governors Highway Safety Assocation’s (GHSA) Preparing for Automated Vehicles: Traffic Safety Issues for States report outlines these issues and discusses how law enforcement and State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) should prepare for them. Funded by State Farm, the report analyzes market trends […]
Ford Creates Autonomous Vehicle Unit, Reorganization of Global Operations
Ford Motor Company announced it has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organization charged with accelerating its autonomous vehicle (AV) business to capitalize on market opportunities. The company also detailed key organizational changes designed to improve its operational fitness and drive profitable growth. The company will include Ford’s self-driving systems integration, autonomous vehicle research […]
Thatcham Research and ABI Say Carmaker Use of the Word ‘Autonomous’ Dangerous
Thatcham Research and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) issued an urgent call to carmakers and legislators for greater clarity around the capability of vehicles sold with technology that does more and more driving on behalf of motorists. The call comes in the wake of growing reports of people crashing while over-relying on technology which […]
U.S. House Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Hearing Examines Future of Automobile Insurance in Era of Autonomous Vehicles
The U.S. House of Representative Financial Service Committee Housing and Insurance Subcommitee met yesterday to examine the development of the autonomous vehicle and its effect on the future of automobile insurance. For the first time, emerging automobile technology is intersecting with the financial industry, changing the business of property and casualty insurance. The hearing examined […]
Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog Request FTC Investigation into Tesla Autopilot
The Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate what they say are dangerously misleading and deceptive advertising and marketing practices and representations made by Tesla Motors, Inc. regarding the safety and capabilities of its Autopilot feature. At least two people are dead and one is injured […]
AAA Reports Trust in Autonomous Vehicles Slips
A series of high profile crashes cause increase in driver concern of new technology. Following high-profile incidents involving autonomous vehicle technologies, a new report from AAA’s multi-year tracking study indicates that consumer trust in these vehicles has quickly eroded. Today, three-quarters (73 percent) of American drivers report they would be too afraid to ride in […]
Mutual Insurers Association Optimistic about Automated Vehicles but Caution Safety Must Be Top Focus
Report calls for third-party access to defined, transparent data standards that foster better understanding of automated vehicles and their operation. Automated driving systems (ADS) hold great promise to save lives and reduce crashes on the nation’s highways, according to a new white paper from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), but the road […]
Consumers Union Says Uber, Waymo Crashes Raise Safety Concerns with Self-Driving Cars
Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, today called on companies developing automated driving systems, including Uber and Waymo, to take a safe and transparent approach to the testing and commercial use of self-driving vehicles. Crashes involving Uber and Waymo vehicles occurred recently during testing on public roads. Uber’s crash led the company to […]
Wards Projects Autonomous Vehicle Sales to Reach 10 Million Annually in 2030
Fully autonomous vehicles at least a decade away. A new study by Wards Intelligence concludes five automakers and six suppliers currently are leading the race to put self-driving vehicles on the road, including Daimler, General Motors and Waymo. According to the research Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous vehicles will make up close to 10 […]
Uber Stops Autonomous Vehicle Testing After Pedestrian Fatality in Arizona
Uber is halting testing of its autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet in several U.S. cities following a fatal accident in Tempe, Ariz. where a pedestrian was killed after being struck by one of its self-driving cars. The accident, which occurred Sunday night, is believed to be the first fatality of a pedestrian where an autonomous vehicle […]