London not ready for driverless cars, Assembly committee warns

London’s ambition to become the first major European city to introduce fully driverless cars has been dealt a blow after a London Assembly transport committee warned the capital is not yet ready for the technology. In its report, Who’s driving the future of autonomous transport in London?, the committee said it had “not heard sufficient […]

Study suggests driverless cars crash 68 per cent less than human drivers

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has published the results of its study on Waymo’s driverless robotaxis. The conclusion is that the cars crash less often than people. The researchers compared Waymo’s cars with human drivers in four cities: San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin, says Warp News. Waymo’s cars traveled about 50 million driverless miles during […]

Tesla says Britain is ‘stifling’ driverless car rules

Elon Musk’s Tesla has attacked Britain over driverless car laws that it says will “stifle innovation” and result in the UK falling behind the rest of the world. In a submission to the Department for Transport (DfT), Tesla warned that the rules “risk eroding brand confidence and deterring investment in the UK”, according to The […]