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.

My father-in-law works at a BMW store near my place, and on his way home one night he stopped by with this 1/18th scale BMW M8 GTE race car kit. “We’ve been selling so many of these,” he said with a ...

“Hello, I will be your driver for today,” says Bartek Szurgot, a software engineer at German startup Vay and my chauffeur for this ride. He disengages the handbrake, gently presses the accelerator and ...