Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:13:07 +0000
NHTSA has initiated a recall for Tesla Full Self Driving software that lists 4 specific areas of concern. An OTA is expected on April 15.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:15:57 +0000
If you’re friends with anyone on “Tesla Twitter,” you’ll see the occasional video of absolutely terrible driving, often tagged as #HumanPilot. Why? Because Tesla fans believe that the future Full Self Driving software will drive safer than humans, make fewer mistakes, and save lives. They even sometimes go as far as to say that FSD […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:23:34 +0000
Quite surprisingly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently started collecting somewhat broad data on automobile accidents involving SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) — driver-assist technology like cruise control, lane keeping, and automatic lane changing. The first report on the collected data was published last month. Immediately, a rather shocking figure […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:50:21 +0000
Ford’s electric ponycar is running a little hot.
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:40:36 +0000
Are the oranges really to blame?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:54:05 +0000
It’s back to the future time in Washington, DC. The EPA and NHTSA have finalized rules governing fuel economy and exhaust emissions that will finally match what the Obama administration proposed back in 2015. In other words, the US has been backsliding on its commitment to a sustainable environment, thanks to enormous pressure brought to […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:55:03 +0000
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up, Reuters reports. The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:59:03 +0000
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up, Reuters reports. The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions […]
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 […]
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 […]