A U.S. appeals court on Monday approved a $10 billion settlement between Volkswagen and car owners caught up in the company's emissions cheating scandal.The deal delivered tangible, substantial benefits and the federal judge who approved it did more than e...

Autonomous cars seem to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days with several automakers offering varying levels high-tech features that give driver assistance.The key word here is “assistance.”With the recent spate of crashes involving vehicles using

A Tesla that crashed while in Autopilot mode in Utah this month accelerated in the seconds before it smashed into a stopped firetruck, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. Two people were injured.Data from the Model...

DETROIT (AP) The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but did not stop because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous...

Environmental regulators announced on Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Barack Obama was not appropriate and set standards too high.The Environmental Protection Agency said it co

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suspended Uber's self-driving vehicle testing privileges Monday in the wake of a pedestrian fatality in a Phoenix suburb last week.Ducey said in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns...

Nissan's chief planning officer said Friday the Japanese automaker does not plan to change its road tests for self-driving vehicles after the recent fatal accident of an Uber autonomous vehicle.Some fear a setback for the technology after a pedestrian was...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Video of a deadly self-driving vehicle crash in suburban Phoenix shows a pedestrian walking from a darkened area onto a street just moments before an Uber SUV strikes her.The lights on the SUV didn't illuminate 49-year-old...