Latest Autonomous Vehicles Headlines
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Tesla Must Face Autopilot False Ad Claims by California DMV
Jun 11 2024 // Tesla Inc. failed to persuade an administrative judge to dismiss claims by a California regulator that the company overstated its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities — one of several ongoing regulatory...
Safety Probe Into Waymo Self-Driving Vehicles Finds More Incidents
May 28 2024 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it has learned of nine additional incidents that raise concerns about the performance of Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving vehicles. Earlier this month, the...
Alphabet’s Waymo Probed by US After Autonomous Car Incidents
May 14 2024 // The top US auto-safety regulator opened an investigation into Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., after 22 incidents in which the company’s cars were involved in collisions or may...
Lawsuit: Tesla’s Autopilot Caused Fiery Crash into Tree, Killing Colorado Man
May 14 2024 // The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker, claiming its marketing of the technology is...
In Tesla Autopilot Probe, US Prosecutors Focus on Securities, Wire Fraud
May 8 2024 // U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told...
NHTSA Seeks Answers From Tesla in Autopilot Recall Probe
May 7 2024 // U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in a probe into the automaker’s December recall of more than 2 million vehicles to install new Autopilot safeguards. The National...
The Future Is Near for Self-Driving Trucks on US Roads
May 1 2024 // On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck’s sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in...
US Probes Tesla Recall of 2 Million Vehicles Over Autopilot, Citing Concerns
Apr 26 2024 // U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate. The...
Tesla Settles Case Over Fatal Autopilot Crash of Apple Engineer
Apr 9 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. The settlement was made...
Autonomous Truck Market Surging, Study Finds
Feb 21 2024 // The demand for autonomous trucks is estimated to increase from $3.3 billion in 2023 to reach $6.9 billion by 2028, according to a new study by BCC Research. Leveraging 2022 data as a baseline, the study projects estimated...
Waymo Recalls 444 Self-Driving Vehicles Over Software Error
Feb 16 2024 // Alphabet’s Waymo unit has recalled 444 self-driving vehicles after two minor collisions in quick succession in Arizona because a software error could result in them inaccurately predicting the movement of a towed...
California Lawmakers Call for Stricter Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles
Feb 14 2024 // California lawmakers and labor unions rallied to call for laws to not allow autonomous trucks without human drivers, amid rising safety concerns after accidents involving self-driving taxis from General Motors and...
Self-Driving Cars Could Be on UK Roads by 2026: Transport Minister
Dec 28 2023 // Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country’s transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently permitted on Britain’s roads...
Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes
Dec 15 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s biggest vehicle recall ever threatens to hurt the company’s defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot. The automaker’s recall of 2 million cars comes...
Tesla Critics Say the Autopilot Recall Fixes Don’t Go Far Enough
Dec 14 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s decision to fix more than 2 million vehicles’ Autopilot driver-assistance systems after a federal probe drew some praise from safety advocates, but many said the company should be taking additional...
Tesla Recalling 2 Million US Vehicles Over Autopilot Safeguards
Dec 13 2023 // Tesla is recalling just over 2 million vehicles in the United States fitted with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system to install new safeguards, after a federal safety regulator said the system posed safety...
Judge Finds Evidence That Tesla, Musk Knew About Autopilot Defect
Nov 22 2023 // A Florida judge found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker’s vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven...
UK Weighs Criminal Liability for Self-Driving Car Companies
Nov 7 2023 // Self-driving car companies could face criminal action in the UK if their vehicles fail to meet safety standards in the most serious cases. New legislation, introduced in today’s speech by King Charles III, who...
Tesla Wins First US Autopilot Trial Involving Fatal Crash
Nov 3 2023 // Tesla on Oct. 31 won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other lawsuits and federal investigations related...
Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer
Oct 25 2023 // An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it knew about a steering malfunction in its Autopilot driver assistant feature about two years...
