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Liberty Mutual Insurance Tailors Policy for Tesla Electric Car Drivers in U.S.

Oct 16 2017 // Tesla Inc. is partnering with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to offer an auto-insurance plan designed specifically for its electric cars in the U.S. The plan made available to U.S. customers starting Friday is similar to...

Tesla ‘Operational Limitations’ Cited for ‘Major Role’ in Crash by Safety Board

Sep 13 2017 // The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday “operational limitations” in the Tesla Model S played a “major role” in a May 2016 crash that killed a driver...

Family Says Tesla Car Did Not Kill Their Son But Regulator Says Tesla Shares Blame

Sep 12 2017 // Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash in which a Model S sedan drove itself into the side of a truck. The investigative...

National Safety Board Schedules Vote on Tesla Autopilot Crash Cause

Aug 23 2017 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will vote at a Sept. 12 hearing on the probable cause of a May 2016 crash that killed a man using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S sedan, the agency said...

Tesla Developing Self-Driving Long Haul, Electric Truck

Aug 15 2017 // Tesla Inc. is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” that automatically follow a lead vehicle, and is getting closer to testing a prototype, according to an...

Declarations

Aug 7 2017 // Egregious Fallony “The Fallons’ alleged theft from injured workers is particularly egregious. By stealing from injured workers who depend on the funds for future care, the Fallons may have left many victims...

Tesla Workers in California Seek Safety Plan, Clarity on Pay

Aug 7 2017 // A group of Tesla Inc. workers in California have asked the electric car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion. The worker group, which hopes to become part of...

Tesla Workers in California Seek Safety Plan, Clarity on Pay

Aug 1 2017 // A group of Tesla Inc. workers in California have asked the electric car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion. The worker group, which hopes to become part of...

Tesla Driver: Autopilot System Didn’t Cause Minnesota Crash

Jul 17 2017 // The driver of a Tesla vehicle involved in a crash in Minnesota on July 16 has denied that its Autopilot system caused the incident, according to an email released by the automaker on Monday. The Kandiyohi County...

How Tesla’s Model S Fared in Insurance Safety Test

Jul 6 2017 // Tesla Inc.’s Model S did not get the top score in certain tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the agency said on Thursday. Chevrolet Impala, Ford Motor Co.’s Taurus and Tesla’s...

Automakers Grapple with What To Do with Drivers in Autonomous Vehicles

Jun 26 2017 // Automakers are using tiny cameras, sensors to track drooping heads, steering wheel monitors and audible alerts to ensure drivers pay attention when using advanced driver assistance systems, like Tesla’s Autopilot,...

Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash

Jun 21 2017 // The Tesla Model S accident that last year sparked a debate about the car company’s partially autonomous driving tools resulted in a cloud of white dust as the sedan plowed underneath a tractor trailer, a witness told...

Automaker Tesla Hit by Union Charges of High Worker Injury Rate

May 25 2017 // A California-based workers advocacy group released a report on Wednesday saying that Tesla Inc. data showed its workers have been injured at a rate a third higher than the auto industry average. Worksafe made the analysis...

Apple, Tesla Want California to Toughen Proposed Self-Driving Car Test Rules

May 1 2017 // Apple Inc. urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, a move that would result in more public data that could help Apple catch up to rivals in the self-driving space by giving it a...

Tesla Pushes Back on Class Action Alleging Its Autopilot Software Is Dangerous

Apr 24 2017 // Tesla Inc. is facing its first legal challenge over self-driving technology in a case alleging the electric carmaker sold 47,000 vehicles with Autopilot software that’s “dangerously defective” when...

U.S. Chipmaker Intel to Enter Driverless Car Tech with Acquisition of Mobileye

Mar 13 2017 // Intel Corp. will acquire Mobileye NV for about $15 billion, paying one of the highest takeover premiums this century to play catch-up in the market for technology that helps cars drive themselves. The U.S. chipmaker will...

WikiLeaks Documents Shows CIA Worried About Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity

Mar 9 2017 // WikiLeaks documents showing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency considered a “mission” against connected car technology underscores auto industry concern that the science behind the next generation of vehicles...

Driver in Double Fatal Tesla Crash in Indiana Was Drunk, Police Say

Feb 10 2017 // The driver of a speeding Tesla electric car that crashed and burned in Indianapolis, killing her and a passenger, was too drunk to drive, according to a police report released Wednesday. The report, which includes...

Report: Self-Driving Prototypes Getting Better at Navigating California Streets

Feb 3 2017 // Self-driving car prototypes appear to be getting better at negotiating California streets and highways without a human backup driver intervening, according to data made public by California transportation regulators. The...

Investigation Concludes Tesla Not at Fault in Self-Driving Car Crash

Jan 20 2017 // The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation’s chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla Motors Inc.’s Autopilot system of fault in a...