Safety has always been a top concern for car shoppers. Recently, it has become a source of frustration. Nearly a quarter of car shoppers who bought or leased a model year 2019 vehicle found the technology to be annoying or...

The handoff between driver and autonomous driving systems is a crucial, complicated, and critical task that self-driving cars will have to conquer. Automotive supplier Continental developed a possible solution, which it announced last month. While exterior cameras and sensors are...

Consumer groups reignited calls to open a probe into Tesla's Autopilot system and accused the Silicon Valley-based automaker of using deceptive practices to market the system as a fully autonomous. The Center for Auto Safety leads the charge and said...

There are currently zero fully autonomous vehicles on the road today. But a lot of automakers are pushing out semi-autonomous functionality that ranges from adaptive cruise control to full-on hands-off-the-wheel in-lane cruising. We’ve tested a few of these systems, and...

Systems designed to make driving more automated have created a cloud of confusion for drivers, the IIHS found. The insurance industry-funded IIHS surveyed 2,000 drivers to understand how the branding names of systems affect the technology's perceived effectiveness. The results...

Shopping for a new car with life-saving active safety tech can be a challenge, and not just because of rapidly evolving technology. Compounding the confusion is that there is no widely accepted name for technologies such as automatic emergency braking...

Testing by AAA shows that electronic driver assist systems on the road today may not keep vehicles in their lanes or spot stationary objects in time to avoid a crash. The tests brought a warning from the auto club that...

GPS navigation and Autopilot—two great driving aids that go great together. Tesla has offered both features for a long time, and is now rolling out software that combines them, so drivers can set a destination in their cars' navigation system...