Feds Pledge $4B to Accelerate Self-Driving Car Development

The U.S. Government has pledged to offer around $3.9 billion over the next 10 years to help get self-driving cars into the hands of American consumers. 

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Ex-Hyundai CEO to Head Google's Self-Driving Car Program

Google has hired former auto executive and ex-President of TrueCar, John Krafcik, to lead its self-driving car program. 

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Is This Apple's 'Project Titan' Self-Driving Car?

Apple has been caught testing modified Dodge Grand Caravans around the metro Detroit area for the first time.  

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Four Self-Driving Car Accidents Reported in California

Since testing of self-driving cars on California’s public roads began in September 2014, four accidents have been reported. 

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Google Seeks Partners for Self-Driving Car Production

Google is busy developing its self-driving car technology and is looking for partners to help bring it to market. 

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Google Reveals 'Fully Functional' Self-Driving Car

Google has unwrapped the first real build of its self-driving vehicle prototype, just in time for the holidays.

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Audi Gets First Self-Driving Car Permit in California

California issued its first self-driving car permit for use on state roads today, marking a milestone in the journey toward mass market adoption of the technology.

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Steering Wheel, Gas Pedal to Disappear by 2035: Survey

The future of the automobile looks very different from what we know today, and one survey predicts that even the steering wheel will be gone by 2035. 

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Roush Tipped as Builder of Google's Self-Driving Car

Google will enlist Roush Enterprises to assemble its new self-driving car prototype in Southeast Michigan. 

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California DMV Announces New Self-Driving Car Rules

Self-driving vehicles are creeping toward public adoption at a not-so-slow pace and the California DMV just announced rules that bring them closer to the mass market.

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Google Applies for Patent on Gesture-Based Car Controls

A new patent application by Google reveals that the company is working on motion-based in-car controls.

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Self-Driving Volvos Coming Soon: Company Says

One of Volvo’s most recent projects in automotive safety, the “road train,” is finished testing and might well bring autonomous driving to life soon, the brand says.

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Florida Political Commercial Attacks Autonomous Cars

Autonomous cars are instruments of the Devil and they need to be kept off the road. They commit wicked acts like driving blind people on errands. 

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Google Seeking Automaker for Autonomous Vehicle Production

Internet giant Google has been developing self-driving car technology for some time now, and is looking for a partner in the automotive industry to help the company mass-produce its cars. 

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Self-driving Cars by 2020, Former GM Exec Says

Self-driving cars aren’t new, but if electric vehicles’ slow adoption rates among U.S. consumers are any measure of new technology acceptance then autonomous cars can’t be close at hand, or can they?

According to a speech given by Larry Burns, former General Motors research and development head, we can expect such technology by 2020. Unless you’ve been ignoring auto news, that sentence might seem strange. We already have cars that drive themselves, even to Taco Bell drive-through windows, courtesy of Google.

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