Connected cars present a rich target, akin to retailers or banks, where hackers can troll for credit card numbers, home addresses, e-mail information and all the other personal details required for identity theft.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is offering a software patch to close a loophole that let two hackers take control of a moving Jeep sport utility vehicle in an incident spotlighting the vulnerability of connected autos.

A simulated city recently opened on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes.

Each year, hundreds of truck drivers die across the country on congested roadways and antiquated exit ramps.

Ford CEO Mark Fields said that an automaker probably will introduce a self-driving vehicle within half a decade -- but it wont be his company.

Cars are among the main attractions at the International CES that opens Jan. 6 featuring vehicles with touchscreen dashboards and others controlled by smartwatches.

GM will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal.

General Motors Co., dogged by a widening recall crisis, still managed to place the most models atop one of the auto industrys most closely watched quality measures, with its Chevrolet Malibu besting the Toyota Camry.