As the global auto industry vies to deploy driverless cars, some contenders may be cutting corners in a bid to get ahead, warned Jack Hollis, group vice president of U.S. sales for the Toyota brand.
March 28, 2018Keith Naughton
Business, Technology, Autonomous 
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Toyota Warns That Some Rivals Are Skipping Steps in Race to Autonomy
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Where Rosie Once Riveted, Vehicles Will Now Drive Themselves
Sean Proctor/Bloomberg NewsSelf-driving cars will begin taking test laps this December on the site of a famous World War II airplane factory in Michigan where Rosie the Riveter helped produce a shiny B-24 Liberator bomber every hour more than seven decades ago.
August 25, 2017 Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous 
Daimler AG
As Robots Take the Wheel, Driving Skills Begin to Hit the Skids
Daimler AG If your car can hit the brakes in an emergency and check your blind spots, will that make you a worse driver? Increasingly, automakers are worrying it may.
August 10, 2017 Business, Technology, Autonomous 
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Billions Will Be Blown in Race to Field First Self-Driving Cars
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg NewsThe race to field the first autonomous car will be a Darwinian exercise, with more than 50 major competitors reduced to a handful of winners over the next decade, according to a new study by consultant AlixPartners.
July 12, 2017 Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous 
Daimler AG
Human Drivers Are Afraid to Hand the Wheel to Robots
Daimler AG Autonomous autos are advancing so rapidly that companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo are beginning to offer robot rides to everyday consumers. But it turns out the traveling public may not be ready.
June 15, 2017 Government 
Ford Motor Co.
Ford Fires Back at Trump, Citing Booming US Commercial-Truck Output
Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co., pushing back against criticism by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for moving work to Mexico, is highlighting its booming business in big trucks after shifting production to an Ohio factory from south of the border.
September 19, 2016 Business, Technology 
Daimler Trucks
Robot-Vehicle Ethics Need Urgent Societal Review, Bill Ford Says
Daimler TrucksThe great-grandson of Henry Ford called on the auto industry and public institutions to address ethical issues emerging in a world where robot vehicles will make life-and-death decisions in roadway crashes — and to do it soon.
September 13, 2016 Business 
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Ford Profit Beats Estimates as Buyers Pay Up for F-150 Truck
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg NewsFord Motor Co. posted a 44% surge in second-quarter profit, exceeding analysts' estimates thanks to consumers paying big money for fully loaded versions of the new aluminum-body150 pickup.
July 28, 2015 Safety, Business 
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Atlanta: Dangerous Hot Spot of Twisting Highways
Nathan T. Baker/Flickr It was almost midnight when Walter Price eased his 18-wheeler into the right lane on Interstate 75 near Atlanta. As he began to bank onto the exit ramp he’d been taking for the past 10 years, Price had no idea he was entering America’s most dangerous hot zone for truck drivers.
March 30, 2015 Business, Autonomous 
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Ford CEO Predicts Driverless Cars on Roads in Five Years
Dieter Zetsche by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg NewsFord Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said that an automaker probably will introduce a self-driving vehicle within half a decade, but it won’t be his company, which is focusing on less expensive features that assist in driving.
January 6, 2015