Regulators Looking Into Reports of Tesla ‘Smart Summon’ Parking Lot Incidents October 4, 2019 By David Shepardson and Vibhuti Sharma U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s...
Boeing 737 Fund Will Pay Crash Victims’ Families $145K Each September 24, 2019 By David Shepardson Boeing Co. will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each from a...
FAA Invites Global Regulators to Meet Over Boeing 737 Status September 18, 2019 By David Shepardson Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson has invited about 50 aviation safety regulators from around the world to an informal...
California Highway Barrier Wasn’t Repaired Prior to Fatal Tesla Crash September 10, 2019 By David Shepardson California state transportation officials failed to repair a highway safety device seriously damaged in a high-speed crash 11 days before...
Tesla Autopilot Design, Plus Driver Error, to Blame for 2018 Crash: Safety Board September 5, 2019 By David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday cited driver errors and Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot design as the probable cause...
Automakers Call for Urgency in Advancing U.S. Rules for Self-Driving Vehicles August 30, 2019 By David Shepardson Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Thursday urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
New FAA Chief Asked to Review Agency’s Handling of Boeing Crashes August 13, 2019 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Monday she has asked the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Tesla Under U.S. Scrutiny Over Safety Claims August 7, 2019 By Supantha Mukherjee and David Shepardson Tesla Inc. received a cease-and-desist letter last year from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for making misleading...
Senators Question Federal Oversight of Boeing, Certification Deferrals to Manufacturers August 1, 2019 By David Shepardson A group of U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX as the...
Congress Looks to Jump Start Stalled Driverless Vehicle Bill July 31, 2019 By David Shepardson Two key committees in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they will revive efforts to pass long-stalled legislation to speed...