Both Subaru and Honda tumbled from the top group of 'more reliable' brands, with Hondas Civic compact car losing its longstanding recommendation from Consumer Reports.
Bill Ford called on the auto industry and public institutions to address ethical issues emerging in a world where robot cars will make life-and-death decisions in roadway crashes and to do it soon.
A veteran Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud U.S. regulators and customers, the first criminal charge in the Justice Departments year-long investigation into the companys rigging of federal air-pollution tests.
Ford is among five investors providing $6.6 million in seed funding for Civil Maps, a California startup that creates three-dimensional maps for autonomous cars.
Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers are eager to replace the daily commutes drudgery with a self-driving car and 80% say they would pay extra to have a robot take the wheel, according to a new survey.
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