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  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Mobility
    Cruise’s San Francisco robotaxis seize initiative in race for autonomy

    GM-backed start-up wins approval to charge customers and bring in the driverless age

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    The peculiar economics of autonomous cabs 

    A reality check for Lyft’s over-ambitious, ever-decreasing, ETA-free plans for robot taxis

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Beijing grants first driverless robotaxi licenses to Baidu and Pony.ai

    Chinese capital shows its preference for nurturing high tech and hardware groups over ecommerce outfits

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Did AutoX risk safety to look good for investors?

    The US targets Russia’s largest financial institutions in latest round of sanctions

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Why Chinese driverless car company AutoX disengaged its safety features

    Tech group conducted risky test drives in push for better data and investment, according to former staff

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    #techFT
    Back to the future: driverless cars become reality Premium content

    Chinese and US autonomous vehicles battle it out for the future of transportation

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
    Lex
    Driverless cars: convenience means congestion Premium content

    Study suggests self-driving vehicles will increase demand for journeys

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Special ReportRegulated Markets
    Technology shifts automakers into high regulatory gear

    Electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles mean complex rules and legal conundrums

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    GM’s Cruise launches robotaxi service in San Francisco

    SoftBank invests another $1.35bn into driverless car unit as it takes first step to expand services to the public

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla agrees to fix ‘rolling stop’ feature over safety concerns

    US road safety regulator orders electric carmaker to carry out update on more than 50,000 vehicles

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Henry Mance
    Solving our road rage will take more than a new Highway Code

    If we can stop cyclists and cars competing for the same tarmac, maybe travel will become less heated

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Lex
    Self-driving cars: liabilities shift to automakers when algos are driving Premium content

    Autonomous vehicle makers should expect to be punished for lives that are lost

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    FT MagazinePatrick McGee
    The true flaw of driverless cars isn’t the tech

    Robotaxis risk becoming a gimmick… they’ll cost the same as an Uber, arrive no faster and decline to speed up when you’re in a rush

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Boeing Co
    Boeing pumps extra $450m into self-flying air taxi start-up

    US manufacturer’s Wisk investment is latest sign of investor appetite in emerging sector

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Intel Corp
    Intel plans separate listing for Mobileye autonomous driving unit

    Chipmaker moves to ‘unlock value’ as share price has faltered under leadership of Pat Gelsinger

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    Lex
    Robotaxis: China seeks fare advantage over the US Premium content

    For ride-hailing groups, autonomous cabs represent a silver bullet

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    LexTesla Inc
    Tesla: ‘full self-driving’ is self-defeating hype Premium content

    Autopilot can steer, brake and accelerate — but real autonomy remains a work in progress

  • Sunday, 3 October, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Machines are not ready to take over just yet

    Labour shortages will spur further automation — but not everywhere

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    The future of getting there
    Why the future of the city is congestion-free

    From parking lots to parklets, the ideas that can reshape our urban spaces

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    The future of getting there
    ‘The whole environment is going to reshape itself’

    Cadillac’s Crystal Windham on motors, mentors and why car design is all about your mindset

  • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
    Apple Inc
    After seven years, an Apple car is still on the horizon

    Project Titan may have lost another executive, but tech company promises no lay-offs in drive for autonomous vehicle

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    LexFord Motor Co
    Ford/Apple: auto stalwart fights for the future of cars Premium content

    Until now, the Detroit company has failed to convince investors of its ambitions on electrification and self-driving

  • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
    Tesla Inc
    Senators call for consumer watchdog probe into Tesla’s self-driving claims

    Carmaker accused of endangering lives by overstating vehicles’ autonomous capabilities

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    Tesla Inc
    US opens formal probe into Tesla’s Autopilot technology

    Transport department to examine 11 crashes involving electric carmaker’s driving assistance system

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    The Big Read
    Robotaxis: have Google and Amazon backed the wrong technology?

    An evolutionary approach to building driverless cars is challenging the companies targeting a ‘moonshot’ solution to full automation

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