Tesla, Rivals Get Low Marks for Automated-Driving Technology March 13, 2024 By Joseph White Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from...
Tesla Faces More Questions From Feds on Autopilot Safety August 30, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin and Joseph White The U.S. auto safety regulator investigating Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system is demanding an explanation for a software change that...
Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS August 30, 2022 By Joseph White Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in...
Vehicles With Assisted Driving Systems Struggle With Collision Tests: AAA May 12, 2022 By Joseph White Assisted driving systems installed in Tesla Inc., Hyundai Motor Co. and Subaru Corp. vehicles failed to avoid head-on collisions in...
How Autonomous Car Companies Are Outrunning U.S. Regulators And Lawmakers February 21, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin, David Shepardson and Joseph White Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology,...
How Autonomous Car Companies Are Outrunning U.S. Regulators and Lawmakers February 2, 2022 By Joseph White, Hyunjoo Jin and David Shepardson Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology,...
GM Offering Onstar Service to All Drivers Through App; Options Include Insurance June 8, 2021 By Joseph White General Motors Co. plans to offer subscriptions for its Onstar Guardian security services to anyone in the United States or...
GM Sees Insurance As Part of Growing Its Business Beyond Cars, Trucks April 7, 2021 By Joseph White, Ben Klayman and Paul Lienert Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co. makes money. The veteran GM engineer’s Global Innovation team is...
Outgoing Administration Moves to Lift Safety Restrictions for Some Autonomous Vehicles January 15, 2021 By Joseph White and David Shepardson The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to...
How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On October 27, 2020 By Joseph White When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their...