Chris Urmson

2016 has been a great year for many executives who found greener pasture at other organizations. For others, their careers took a step back as they were ousted from their jobs. Here is a look back at some of the notable executives who cleaned out their desk drawers in 2016, the most recent and...

In a new blog post on Thursday, Chris Urmson, director of Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s self-driving car project, disclosed that, for the third time in recent weeks, one of the company’s fleet of 23 self-driving Lexus prototypes was involved in a minor traffic accident....

The tech sector was ruled by the auto industry this week, thanks to the North American International Auto Show and the Automotive News World Congress. During the latter event, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) co-founder Elon Musk spoke about his risky decision to start Tesla and SpaceX. Google...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) is eager to bring more driverless cars to the road -- but don't expect to see one if you live in an area where it snows. Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car initiative, told Automotive News World Congress attendees that the...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is at the forefront of driverless car development, but the project didn't begin until after a futuristic movie hinted at what the future might hold. "Minority Report," directed by Steven Spielberg, told the story of a unique police unit...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Chris Urmson spoke on Wednesday at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit. Here are the highlights of his discussion on self-driving cars. By 2013, Google developed a system that was considered to be robust enough to have 140 Google...