Autonomous vehicles in the US are not required anymore to be equipped with manual driving controls such as steering wheels and pedals, as NHTSA is eliminating that rule for its crash standards, ...

Washington — As autonomous vehicle testing advances without cohesive federal guidelines, companies are operating under inconsistent or nonexistent rules for how and whether a vehicle is monitored and ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash ...

A video of an Austin-based Waymo passenger gesturing toward grabbing the steering wheel of their self-driving vehicle prompts questions of what happens when a Waymo passenger actually grabs the wheel.

Automakers say they face series of regulatory hurdles to self-driving cars. NHTSA must assert it is sole regulator of self-driving vehicle hardware, they say. Autonomous cars have faced scrutiny after ...

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls ...