Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo will launch its automated vehicles in St. Louis this week. The San Francisco-based company said the vehicles will have drivers at first.

Farm implement manufacturers, including giant John Deere, are well on their way to deploying autonomous tractors. Prototypes are in the field now, and they could be widely available by the end of the decade.

The idea of autonomous vehicles, or AVs, used to seem rather futuristic. But if the latest technological advancements and general cultural buzz about…