A first-ever safety assessment of partial automated driving systems by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave “poor” safety ratings to several big name automation systems, including Tesla’s ...

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Someday, we're told, self-driving cars won't need human drivers at all. We're not there yet, but there are a few cars available today with systems similar to an airliner's autopilot -- a system that ...

Volkswagen will unveil a concept for a large, electric sedan with fully self-driving capability at next week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The concept doesn't preview a specific model ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety — the people who crash cars to determine which ones are safest — and its associated research organization, the Highway Loss Data Institute, have a startling ...

Zero-emission vehicles could save states a signficant amount in health and climate change costs. Electric cars may have gotten off to a slow start, but with new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) about to ...

It's crazy to ride/drive in a car that you need to take control over only when it's about to crash. You may reading a map; talking on the phone; even have drifted off a bit, lulled into a dangerous ...

Whether we like it or not, eventually the day will come where we have to admit that we outgrew our childhood toys — unless, of course, we tech them up in the name of science. And in some cases we ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on Thursday released a new rating program for vehicles with partial automation, one which no car on the market can pass without changes. The rating system ...

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