Driverless microbuses started serving the college town of Wageningen, Netherlands, in the first open-ended test in Europe of automated public transport on city streets.
BlackBerry showed off demo cars that can scan for obstacles, keep from straying from a highway lane and communicate wirelessly with nearby vehicles to avoid accidents.
Driverless cars are touted as leading to an accident-free future. But before we get to that utopia, there'll be plenty of collisions between robot cars and vehicles driven by humans.
Driverless vehicles are usually hit from behind in slow-speed crashes by inattentive humans unaccustomed to machine motorists that always follow the rules.
Google Inc. plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet Inc. corporate umbrella next year.