Autonomous Cars

Swedish carmaker Volvo AB (ADR) (OTC: VOLVY) surprised the automobile market by announcing that it plans to put fatality-free vehicles on the market by 2020. The cars will be engineered to withstand traffic accidents, but their real safety features will come in the form of connectivity and data...

Self-driving cars have become the goal of just about every big-name automaker and tech firm on Wall Street. Promises to improve autonomous features from firms like Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Tesla...

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has been working to reinvent itself over the past few years, and many believe that the company has laid the foundation to ensure future success in the rapidly changing auto industry. As technology evolves and cars become increasingly more capable, building popular car...

This week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced that the Obama administration was planning a near $4 billion spending bill that will spur the development of autonomous vehicles. The announcement suggests that the federal government is looking to get involved in propelling the...

As technology continues to advance, consumers are demanding more and more of their devices to offer some type of connectivity element. From washing machines to light bulbs, manufacturers are working to integrate technology into their products in order to give consumers a more streamlined experience...

On Tuesday, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) CEO Mark Fields remarked that he expects to see driverless cars hit the roads within the next five years. However, the catch was that those cars won't be bearing a Ford emblem. Fields was referring to companies like Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF) and Tesla Motors...

Self-driving and fully autonomous vehicles represent the future of transportation – and that future could be a reality within just two years, according to Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s CEO Elon Musk. Speaking to Fortune, Musk said his company has "all the pieces" in...

Blackberry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY)'s stock was up Tuesday after the company entered the semi-autonomous car space. Luxoft Holding Inc (NYSE: LXFT), a software development services and innovative IT solutions provider, and Blackberry's subsidiary, QNX Software Systems Limited, announced...

It's no secret that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), through Google, has been testing a self-driving car in California. Google's self-driving car was pulled over by a police officer for driving too slow. The police department confirmed the pull-over, noting that traffic was "backing up...

This week, Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF) Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told Reuters that the luxury carmaker was aiming to take on Uber with a fleet of autonomous vehicles. Zetsche said the firm would target customers who are not interested in buying their own car, but still value premium transport...

In a new report, Citi Research analyst Itay Michaeli turns the clock forward 15 years to look at the impact that driverless cars will have on the global auto market by 2030. According to Citi’s analysis, the auto industry can expect annual driverless car sales of up to 15.7 million by 2030...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) had its annual shareholders' meeting on Tuesday, where the company briefed investors on the delivery schedule of Model X and the progress the company has made in autopilot. Andrew Cupps, Cupps Capital Management Company, was on CNBC recently to share his key...