Self Drive News is the trade publication of record for vehicle autonomy. We cover autonomous vehicles, robotaxis, advanced driver assistance systems, self-driving software and hardware, teleoperation, L4 commercial deployments, and the regulatory landscape governing autonomous driving in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Our audience. Self Drive News serves AV software and hardware engineers, ADAS specialists, software safety professionals, fleet operators evaluating autonomous deployments, mobility investors, and the regulatory and standards community working in autonomy. Readers come to us for technical specificity, SAE-level accuracy, and source-grounded coverage of the companies, deployments, and people shaping autonomous driving.
Editorial standards. Every article on Self Drive News follows Hagman Media’s editorial guidelines for sourcing, accuracy, and attribution. Facts come from named sources — company releases, regulatory filings, technical papers, or interviews — and are documented in editorial notes before publication. We use SAE J3016 levels precisely and distinguish ADAS from automated driving in every article that touches both. We do not pad articles to hit a word count, we strip promotional language from narrative, and we preserve direct quotes verbatim. Corrections, when needed, are made transparently and dated.
Publisher and editor. Self Drive News is published by Hagman Media and edited by founder Brian Hagman. Brian has spent his career at the intersection of automotive trade publishing and the broader autonomous driving industry, with relationships across AV developers, ADAS suppliers, fleet operators, and the regulatory community shaping AV deployment.
Contact. Story tips, corrections, and editorial inquiries, advertising and sponsorship inquiries, press releases, and product announcements: [email protected].
Affiliation. Self Drive News is a Hagman Media publication, alongside The BRAKE Report and The EV Report. The three publications operate under shared editorial standards but are routed by primary technical substance — a hybrid powertrain story, for example, runs on The EV Report rather than Self Drive News.
Updated May 2026