You can now use your phone to access and drive your car—but so can hackers. With more vehicles getting over-the-air (OTA) updates and even some remote control features via smartphone apps such ...

Remote access and control - known in the industry as "teleoperation" - is used in varying degrees by the handful of robotaxi startups operating around the globe.

Zoox, a self-driving car company owned by Amazon, is deploying robot taxis without steering wheels, driver seats or drivers. But like all other self-driving cars, they still need help from humans.