In the world of robotaxis, there's a stigma around remote driving. Are you really "driverless" if there's a person — even remotely — at the wheel? One startup is fully embracing it. Vay is a ...

Self-driving cars often struggle with with situations that are commonplace for human drivers. When confronted with ...

So-called "driverless" cars often have human operators remotely controlling the vehicles to help navigate tricky driving situations and avoid accidents. But this setup poses a number of challenges.

A Tesla robotaxi with safety driver (Tesla calls them a monitor) in the Austin deployment. Posters and reported a few sightings of Tesla robotaxis in Austin, TX operating with nobody in them, neither ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin drivers could see a new kind of car on the road — one steered by someone who isn’t actually inside it. It’s called teledriving, and is now on the city’s radar. Teledriving is a ...

At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers pressed Waymo chief safety officer Mauricio Peña about the company’s reliance on overseas workers who help guide vehicles in certain situations. The ...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) self-driving unit said its robotaxis are never remotely driven in U.S. operations, pushing back on lawmakers' concerns about safety and overseas support ...

A surprising number of news stories recently related to the testimony by Waymo, Tesla and others before the Senate this week expressed shock at the “revelation” that Waymo cars sometimes ask for help ...

Thanks to my questioning at a Feb. 4 Senate Commerce Committee hearing, the public was informed that Waymo, the autonomous vehicle firm, employs remote assistance operators to help its driverless cars ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You would rent a car through an app, and a remote driver will drive it to you and drive it back when you're done with it ...