A dumpster loomed in front of the autonomous car as it drove down a quiet residential street in Mountain View. “Unidentified objects like this can be hard” for autonomous vehicles, said Shai Magzimof, ...

Like your phone, but stuck to your car.

Even the best driverless cars today have problems with tough driving conditions like recognizing uneven terrain or navigating ...

Consumer surveys point to lingering public concerns about the safety of self-driving cars even as the technology launches this year with Waymo’s robot-taxi service in Phoenix. Silicon Valley startup ...

Even in the middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between slumber (rush-hour slogs) and frenzy (passing-happy speeding) ...