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US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked
Read full article: US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall workedFederal safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system.
US probes whether Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to make sure drivers pay attention
Read full article: US probes whether Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to make sure drivers pay attentionThe U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating whether last year’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road.
Tesla settles lawsuit over man's death in a crash involving its semi-autonomous driving software
Read full article: Tesla settles lawsuit over man's death in a crash involving its semi-autonomous driving softwareTesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.
GM is nearly doubling the road miles where drivers can use its partially automated driving system
Read full article: GM is nearly doubling the road miles where drivers can use its partially automated driving systemGeneral Motors is adding about 350,000 miles, or about 563,000 kilometers, of roadways in the U.
Virginia sheriff's office says Tesla was running on Autopilot moments before tractor-trailer crash
Read full article: Virginia sheriff's office says Tesla was running on Autopilot moments before tractor-trailer crashVirginia authorities have determined that a Tesla was operating on its Autopilot system and was speeding in the moments leading to a crash with a crossing tractor-trailer last July that killed the Tesla driver.
Lawsuit blaming Tesla's Autopilot for driver's death can go to trial, judge rules
Read full article: Lawsuit blaming Tesla's Autopilot for driver's death can go to trial, judge rulesA jury should decide whether Tesla and Elon Musk oversold the electric car company’s Autopilot system and caused the fatal crash of a man who engaged it and took his hands off the steering wheel.
Tesla says Justice Department is expanding investigations and issuing subpoenas for information
Read full article: Tesla says Justice Department is expanding investigations and issuing subpoenas for informationFederal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it.
Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist system gets closer look as US seeks details on recent changes
Read full article: Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist system gets closer look as US seeks details on recent changesU.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects.
Data likely shows Teslas on Autopilot crash more than rivals
Read full article: Data likely shows Teslas on Autopilot crash more than rivalsThe government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes.
Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
Read full article: Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving AutopilotCalifornia prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.
NTSB chair wants Tesla to limit where Autopilot can operate
Read full article: NTSB chair wants Tesla to limit where Autopilot can operateThe head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention.
Auto group backs guidelines for partially automated vehicles
Read full article: Auto group backs guidelines for partially automated vehiclesThe trade association representing most major automakers is offering guidelines for manufacturers to advertise partially automated driving systems and make sure drivers are paying attention while using them.
Scrutiny of Tesla crash a sign that regulation may be coming
Read full article: Scrutiny of Tesla crash a sign that regulation may be comingA fiery crash near Houston with no one behind the wheel of a Tesla is drawing scrutiny from federal agencies that could bring new regulation of electronic systems that take on some driving tasks.
US sends investigators to probe another Michigan Tesla crash
Read full article: US sends investigators to probe another Michigan Tesla crashLANSING, Mich. – For the second time this week, the U.S. government’s road safety agency is sending a team to investigate a Tesla crash in Michigan. Previously, it had taken a hands-off approach to the new technologies, favoring voluntary safety compliance so it wouldn't interfere with the promising safety systems. Neither the trooper nor the 22-year-old Tesla driver were injured in the 1:10 a.m. crash, police said. Earlier this week NHTSA sent a special crash investigation team to Detroit for a crash that involved a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer. NHTSA has previously investigated more than a dozen Tesla crashes, but hasn’t made public any action.