With more than 43 million people in the U.S. now 65 and older, and 10,000 more hitting that mark every day, aging Americans are a natural target market for self-driving vehicles.
An autonomous vehicle being tested by Google hit a bus earlier this month, the first time the company said its self-driving technology is partly to blame for an accident.
GM and Toyota dominated J.D. Powers latest U.S. vehicle dependability study, as auto owners reported more problems overall because of technologies including voice recognition and navigation systems.
Google Inc.s artificial-intelligence system will be interpreted as a driver by federal regulators, a step toward compliance that would help the tech giants self-driving cars hit U.S. roads.
When assessing the potential impact of technology in transforming their business, insurers should be focusing on the long-term opportunities and threats posed by emerging exposures.
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.
The U.S. Transportation Department and 17 automakers are agreeing to work together on safety measures and to improve recalls while the companies also agreed to voluntarily work with the government to identify cybersecurity threats.