According to university researchers, driverless vehicles could cause people to own less cars, and they could change city infrastructures, too.

While auto-related events feature lots of evolving tech these days, that doesn’t mean the days of driverless vehicles are necessarily close.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles will allow autonomous cars without steering wheels, foot pedals, mirrors and human drivers behind the wheel to be tested on its roads starting next year.

LIDAR is one of the major sensor technologies used in autonomous, or self-driving vehicles, and there is fierce competition between large automakers to bring the cars to market first.

General Motors' subsidiary Cruise Automation said it is "making rapid progress toward taking the driver out of the car," according to CNBC.

The senior management of Delphi decided in May to jettison the company's engine components unit and focus instead on higher tech electronics for advanced safety and self-driving applications.

Ford said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Lyft to deploy Ford self-driving vehicles on the ride-services company’s network in large numbers by 2021.

Toyota Research Institute is demonstrating its progress in the development of automated driving technology and other project work to the investor community this week.

The proposal puts federal regulators in the driver’s seat and bars states from blocking autonomous vehicles. it would allow automakers to obtain exemptions to deploy up to 25,000 vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards in the first year.

Frost & Sullivan expects a Waymo-powered, Level 5 autonomous vehicle, featuring complete connectivity, to become available to the public by 2025. With over 3 million miles of on-road testing of autonomous cars and an industry-first car without a steering wheel or pedals, Waymo could potentially help commercialize its autonomous technology earlier than its competition.