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The Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars and Auto Insurance
May 17 2018 // The death of a pedestrian who was struck by an autonomous vehicle in Tempe, Arizona, has brought fresh scrutiny to the accelerating development of self-driving cars. The accident on March 18 is bound to be studied...
Police Probing Whether Autopilot Feature Was on in Utah Tesla Crash
May 15 2018 // Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah. The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph apparently without...
Tesla With Autopilot in Utah Collides with Truck Stopped at Light
May 14 2018 // A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged. The...
Two Killed in Tesla Car Crash in Florida
May 9 2018 // A Tesla car crashed and caught fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday, killing two people, local police said on Wednesday. A third person in the Model S sedan was taken to a hospital, the Miami Herald reported late on...
U.S. Safety Chief Contradicts Tesla Safety Claims on Autopilot
May 3 2018 // A U.S. traffic safety regulator on Wednesday contradicted Tesla Inc.’s claim that the agency had found that its Autopilot technology significantly reduced crashes, saying that regulators “did not assess”...
Amazon, Lowe’s, Tesla Make ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Workplace List
May 2 2018 // Amazon, Lowe’s and Tesla are among the firms on a list of employers with unsafe workplaces published by a federation of labor, health and safety groups. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health...
Tesla Probed by California Agency on Occupational Safety
Apr 19 2018 // Tesla Inc. is being probed by a California agency for occupational safety after a report that the electric carmaker failed to disclose serious injuries at a Fremont factory. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Safety Advocates Accuse Tesla of Inflating Crash Reduction Data
Apr 19 2018 // Tesla Inc.’s ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point the company has been citing to plead its case. Several times since an Autopilot-linked fatality...
Car Makers Urged to Relay Limitations, Downplay Hype in Marketing Autonomous Systems
Apr 16 2018 // Deadly crashes involving Tesla Inc. and Uber Technologies vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers gathered at a recent...
Tesla Insists Driver to Blame for Fatal Crash; Family Hires Lawyer
Apr 12 2018 // Tesla Inc. again placed blame for a fatal crash involving a Model X last month on the driver as the man’s family hires a firm to explore legal options. The March 23 death of Walter Huang happened on a clear day, with...
Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged
Apr 11 2018 // After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers to do more to ensure drivers stay engaged as next-generation cars start to steer...
Safety Experts Weigh In on Autonomous Car Standards After Uber, Tesla Fatal Crashes
Apr 4 2018 // Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said...
U.S. Safety Board ‘Unhappy’ Tesla Released Crash Information
Apr 2 2018 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot that killed the driver...
U.S. Launches Investigation into Fatal Tesla Crash in California
Mar 28 2018 // A fatal crash and vehicle fire of a Tesla Inc Model X near Mountain View, Calif., last week has prompted a federal field investigation, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said, sparking a big selloff in Tesla...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Reach Feared Crossroad with Uber Fatality
Mar 20 2018 // Last week, Waymo showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one snoozed. The message: Driverless cars are so safe, they’re boring. The clip was meant to drum...
GM to Pilot Airbnb-Like Service for Autos This Summer
Mar 14 2018 // General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren’t using them, according to people familiar with the matter. The tests will begin in...
Tesla Autopilot Crash with Parked Fire Truck in Los Angeles Under Investigation
Jan 24 2018 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will investigate an accident involving a Tesla Inc. Model S sedan that rear-ended a firetruck on a freeway near Los Angeles on Monday, the agency said. The agency will send two...
UK Auto Insurer Direct Line Offers Tesla Drivers 5% Discount if They Use ‘Auto-Pilot’
Dec 4 2017 // Britain’s largest motor insurer Direct Line is offering Tesla Inc drivers in Britain a 5-percent discount for switching on the car’s autopilot system, seeking to encourage use of a system it hopes will cut down...
Tesla Debuts 500-Mile Electric Heavy Duty Truck
Nov 17 2017 // Tesla Inc. upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck on Thursday when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the...
Tesla Hit with Class-Action Suit over Racial Discrimination at California Plant
Nov 14 2017 // U.S. automaker Tesla Inc. was hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming its California production plant is a “hotbed for racist behavior.” The lawsuit filed in California state court in Oakland on Monday is at...
