Driverless car

GM's Cruise self-driving car unit revealed probes by the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission last month, after an accident in which one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian and dragged her 20 feet.A driverless Waymo car collided with a cyclist in San Francisco on Tuesday but the bicyclist suffered only minor scratches and left the scene on their own, the company said by email.Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, said it called the police…

Britain plans for the makers rather than the owners of self-driving cars to be legally liable for any crashes, and the government has said the bill will protect users and promote safety in the AV industry. Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country's transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday.Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently permitted on Britain's roads but the government's Automated Vehicles (AV) legislation is…

Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it had won a permit to provide a fully driverless ride-hailing service in the Chinese capital of Beijing.With the permit, Baidu's Apollo service will deploy 10 fully autonomous vehicles in a technology park developed by the government of Beijing, it said in a statement.The permit marks a step forward from December, when Baidu said it had been granted a license to test the service. Baidu will now operate driverless robotaxi services in three Chinese cities including Wuhan…

NEW DELHI: The student formula racing team of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has developed its first electric racing car and is…

Chinese Internet giant Baidu on Monday said it will soon ply fully driverless taxis in Chongqing and Wuhan cities via its autonomous ride-hailing unit called Apollo Go, becoming the first company in the country to herald autonomous driving. The search engine group recently showcased a new generation of self-driving vehicles. Baidu has now secured permits to offer a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service, with no human driver present, reports TechCrunch. Baidu has also secured a permit to run driverless cars on open…