Driverless cars
This image provided by General Motors shows the GM Logo. General Motors’ first-quarter net income surged to $2.98 billion, reported Wednesday, May 6, 2021, as strong U.S. consumer demand and higher prices overcame production cuts brought on by the global shortage of computer chips. The big profit increase was 12 times larger than the same period last year, when the start of the coronavirus pandemic forced automakers to shutter factories, limiting GM’s net income to $247 million. (General Motors via AP)
GM expects big 2021 profit, says it's managing chip shortage

By Tom Krisher May. 05, 2021 07:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, file photo, John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, Alphabet speaks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The executive who steered the transformation of Google’s self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job. Krafcik announced his departure as CEO of Waymo, a company spun out from Google, in a Friday, April 2, 2021, blog post that cited his desire to enjoy life as the world emerges from the pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
CEO of Google's self-driving car spinoff steps down from job

By Michael Liedtke Apr. 02, 2021 03:27 PM EDT

This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehicle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. The 112-year-old Detroit automaker says, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, the campaign will show GM’s progressive company vision as it promises to roll out 30 new battery-powered vehicles globally by the end of 2025. (General Motors via AP)
GM 2020 profit drops, but it makes $6.43B despite pandemic

By Tom Krisher Feb. 10, 2021 07:44 AM EST

This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehicle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. The 112-year-old Detroit automaker says, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, the campaign will show GM’s progressive company vision as it promises to roll out 30 new battery-powered vehicles globally by the end of 2025. (General Motors via AP)
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035

By Michelle Chapman Jan. 28, 2021 11:02 AM EST

Waymo removing backup drivers from its autonomous vehicles

By Cathy Bussewitz Oct. 08, 2020 02:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly...

Jens Raeder sits between carefully restored Soviet shortwave transmitter he use for communication with military radio enthusiasts around the world in the village Harnekop at a rural region east of Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. With the next generation of mobile technology, known as 5G, people in rural areas hope for a better internet connection than with the current 4G system. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal

By Frank Jordans Aug. 20, 2020 04:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, Jim Farley, Jr. executive vice president and president of Global Markets of the Ford Motor Company, is shown in this photo during New York International Auto Show. Farley will lead the storied automaker into the future starting Oct. 1 2020, when current CEO Jim Hackett retires. The company has struggled in recent years and is in the midst of an $11 billion restructuring plan designed to make it leaner and crank out new vehicles to replace what was an aging model lineup. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Ford COO Jim Farley to lead company, CEO Hackett to retire

By Tom Krisher Aug. 04, 2020 11:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, June 28, 2020 file photo, 2020 Model Y electric sports-utility vehicles sit in the parking lot of a Tesla store in Littleton, Colo. Tesla overcame a seven-week pandemic-related shutdown at its U.S. assembly plant to post a $104 million net profit for the second quarter. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tesla makes $104M profit in 2Q despite factory shutdown

By Tom Krisher Jul. 22, 2020 04:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, a skylight is reflected in the rear window of a Waymo driverless car during a Google event in San Francisco. The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn't have a driver. An executive with Waymo said Wednesday, June 17, 2020 that the coronavirus pandemic forced it to put its limited ride service in the Phoenix area on hold to make sure human backup drivers and passengers were safe. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Driver free but virus free? Robo cars hit new speed bump

By Tom Krisher Jun. 17, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

May. 05, 2020 03:44 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian shares advance following rebound on Wall Street BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on today...