Tesla Issues An OTA “Recall” For 947 Vehicles

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:49:11 +0000

Tesla has issued an over-the-air (OTA) update “recall” for 947 vehicles in the US, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports. The update will solve the possible problem of the rearview image not immediately displaying when the vehicle begins to reverse. Tesla informed the NHTSA that the “recall” covers some of its 2018–2019 Model […]

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Car Interiors Being Influenced By Tesla

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:39:21 +0000

Tesla’s vehicles have been setting the standards for traditional automakers in a handful of ways — the latest being the onset of a centralized touchscreen instead of buttons. Despite some recent regulator concerns over what activities the screen can be used for, several automakers have already been or are now putting out vehicles with a similarly-styled […]

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NHTSA & DOT Want Your Thoughts On Using Cameras Instead Of Traditional Mirrors

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:38:25 +0000

The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022. According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the […]

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NHTSA: Self-Driving Vehicles No Longer Need Human Controls

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:51:56 +0000

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued final rules that eliminate the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards, Reuters reports. In other words, there’s no need for autonomous vehicles to have steering wheels, pedals, or other human controls if they are […]

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The NHTSA & DOT Want Your Thoughts On Using Cameras Instead Of Traditional Mirrors

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:38:25 +0000

The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022. According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the […]

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