Chinese researchers tested whether monitoring passengers' brain activity could help self-driving systems make safer decisions ...

For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine—as ordinary as wearing a seatbelt. We build ...

A young man sitting in an autonomous car. An autonomous vehicle is broadly defined as one equipped with technology that senses the conditions around it, including traffic, pedestrians, and physical ...

There has been incremental, but steady, progress in the development of self-driving cars. Some form of driver-assistance technology focused on safety is now inside most new vehicles. The Society of ...

After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s ...

This Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, holiday revelers will be out and about ringing in the New Year. For some, though, that may mean starting 2026 on a very wrong foot by driving while ...

Many in Silicon Valley promised that self-driving cars would be a common sight by 2021. Now the industry is resetting expectations and settling in for years of more work. By Cade Metz It was seven ...

Back in the 1950s, George Jetson's flying car was the transportation tech promised to be right around the corner. Now, it's self-driving vehicles. Google has cars piloting themselves around California ...

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Let's borrow an analogy from another domain that has wrestled with automation, trust and safety: self-driving cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has, after years of voicing its intent, officially submitted an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking surrounding anti-drunk-driving ...

This article was updated in November 2025. Driving gloves have a history of being essential for everyday driving, up until the last 60 years or so. Designed to combat kickback and the discomfort of ...