Fire officials said the Tesla driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured Saturday when the car plowed into the firetruck parked on a Northern California freeway. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District via AP hide caption
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A Waymo minivan moves along a city street during an autonomous vehicle ride on April 7 in Chandler, Ariz. Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is one of several companies testing driverless vehicles in the U.S. Automakers are also developing self-driving technology, but it still requires human drivers to take over when required. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Cars are getting better at driving themselves, but you still can't sit back and nap
Two years after Uber paid $680 million to buy the self-driving truck startup Otto, the company is folding that effort. In this photo from 2016, an Otto engineer sits behind the steering wheel of a self-driving, big-rig truck during a demonstration in San Francisco. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption
The Cruise AV is designed to operate on its own, with no driver, steering wheel, pedals or other manual controls. General Motors hide caption
Starsky Robotics is retrofitting large trucks to make them driverless. The startup hopes that by the end of the year, it will be able to operate a truck without a person physically sitting in the vehicle. Courtesy of Starsky Robotics hide caption
A BMW concept car imagines a world where the driver only occasionally takes the wheel. Sonari Glinton/NPR hide caption
Nissan now offers the world self-driving chairs. Nissan hide caption
Pilot models of the Uber self-driving car in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Angelo Merendino/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Google announced it is partnering with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to expand its self-driving car project. This is the first time Google has worked directly with an automaker to integrate its self-driving technology into a passenger vehicle. FCA US LLC hide caption
While other automakers are working on a gradual progression toward more automation in cars, Google has its eyes on a fully automated self-driving car. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Google Makes The Case For A Hands-Off Approach To Self-Driving Cars
Google was told by the National Highway Traffic Administration earlier this month that the self-driving car system can be considered as a driver. San Jose Mercury News/TNS via Getty Images hide caption