The co-founder and CEO of self-driving truck startup Gatik believes the technical complexities of autonomous operations can be substantially reduced when vehicles are deployed along repeatable routes.

Plus, a major player in the automated freight realm, believes in a long-term road map that includes an important interim step.

J.D. Power's U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience Ownership Study said that range accuracy accounts for 20 percent of customers' overall satisfaction.

Self-driving tech firm Aurora said it agreed to purchase OURS Technology -- a lidar firm that will help Aurora manufacture large quantities of sensors.

Motional, the joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, has started testing autonomous vehicles with no safety drivers behind the wheel.

When Argo AI let its vehicles communicate with smart traffic lights in Pittsburgh, time spent sitting at red lights was reduced a staggering 40 percent.

The startup got an unexpected boost when one of the world's tech giants started using the same kind of lidar.

Special-purpose acquisition company deals give makers of the technology an express route to Wall Street, but some experts fear a reality check may be on the horizon.

Lidar is being utilized in a growing number of driver-assist and autonomous applications across the automotive landscape. Here's a snapshot of the key suppliers.

Enabled by a flurry of recent partnerships, most recently with Toyota and Denso, self-driving technology company Aurora has planks in place for both its passenger-carrying and cargo-hauling businesses.

For Jeff Elhart, talking about mental health awareness and suicide prevention is personal. The president of Elhart Automotive Campus in Holland, Mich., hopes to bring dealerships and employees a road map on how to grapple with those health concerns.

Toyota and global supplier Denso reached an agreement, announced Tuesday, with self-driving startup Aurora that will bring the respective companies' engineering teams together to design and deploy autonomous minivans.

It might seem obvious that autonomous vehicles designed only to carry groceries don't need systems designed to protect humans, such as airbags or seat belts. But a rule that provides such regulatory clarity is stuck in neutral.

In a blog, Edge Case's Phil Koopman suggests four new categories for AV classification: Assistive, Supervised, Automated and Autonomous.