Phantom Auto is a start-up that hopes to assist self-driving cars in tricky scenarios by using remote control. Autonomous cars can get confused in areas like a construction site or if a driveway is ...

Even in the middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between slumber (rush-hour slogs) and frenzy (passing-happy speeding) ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early ...

LAS VEGAS —French automotive supplier Valeo Group demonstrated a potential system at the Consumer Electronics Show that in certain circumstances could allow an outside operator to take over an ...

Texas A&M University is modifying its self-driving pilot program in the city of Bryan, Texas, to have humans remotely monitor and operate the shuttles starting in September, making it one of the first ...

“Being a truck driver is one of the most hazardous jobs you can have,” Robert Falck, the chief executive of Einride, a Swedish autonomous vehicle startup, told Digital Trends. This is, as it turns out ...

As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the vehicle while it drives in trial runs. But no one has to be in ...

Well, that didn't take long! About a year ago we ran an excerpt of "The Holy Driver," the sixth chapter in a science-fiction book that depicted an online gamer who was unwittingly tapped to remotely ...

Toyota, one of the largest car makers in the world, will be charging drivers for the convenience of being able to use their key fobs in order to remotely start their cars. As per The Drive, Toyota ...