autonomous cars

Ford announced this week it's joining forces with four tech companies and doubling its staff in Silicon Valley. Their goal is to put a fully self-driving…

A century ago, Henry Ford changed the auto industry with the moving assembly line. Now Ford Motor Company has set an ambitious goal of developing a fully…

The talk of the auto industry this year isn’t about Detroit’s record profits. Rather, it’s about racing to field vehicles that drive themselves.But it’s…

Detroit News business columnist Daniel Howes has been reviewing the landscape of automobiles, high-tech, and next-generation mobility and finds Fiat…

There are some important issues that seem to be mired in Republican resistance on Capitol Hill, federal aid for Flint, and hearings on a new Justice for…

Toyota announced Thursday it will open a third research facility at the University of Michigan. Researchers will continue their work on driverless cars,…

Federal safety regulators have told Google the computer in their self-driving car can be considered the driver - in lieu of a human.One analyst says that…

Usually, the biggest buzz at the North American International Auto Show surrounds a vehicle.This year, you could argue the big buzz was about a trend: The…

Autonomous vehicles promise to dramatically reduce congestion in large cities and save thousands of lives, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said at…

Ford Motor Company just can't seem to get investors to believe.The company likely had its most profitable year ever in 2015.On Tuesday, Ford announced a…