If you've been driving a car for a while now, certain things come second nature. You open the door, get in the seat, adjust it accordingly, close the door, fix your mirrors, and put your seatbelt on.

During the nearly two decades I spent working on automotive electronic control systems like anti-lock brakes and stability control, one of the core design principles was fail-safe operation. Today, as ...

Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don’t issue strong enough warnings or take other actions to make ...

Despite rapid improvements in advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS), the technology is still falling short in collisions, as the latest tests from the American Automobile Association (AAA) reveal ...

Self-driving truck developers are promising they'll launch commercial service as soon as next year. One of the key remaining engineering hurdles involves safely coaxing these 80,000-pound robots to ...

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Without redundancy, there is no automated driving. The promise of automated driving requires a mix of technological, societal and regulatory development and cooperation. The ...

Tesla is pushing back on claims that a failure of its “Autopilot” feature was to blame for a head-on collision that killed four people, instead accusing the Tesla’s driver of being dangerously drunk ...

I went on my first test drive of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2, the latest big FSD software update, and unfortunately, it was a fail. This week, Tesla has started to push its FSD Beta 10.69.2, ...

One of the most intimidating events you'll face in your life is getting your driver's license, and that's largely due to how nerve-wracking it can be to successfully complete a driving exam in front ...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has revealed the top ten reasons learner drivers fail their driving tests.

When I was in high school, my car brakes gave out on me while driving down a hill. My memories of the incident are hazy—I remember it as a few seconds that stretched on forever: frantically stomping ...