Safety Agency Has Begun Probe Into Tesla Autopilot August 16, 2021 By David Shepardson and Hyunjoo Jin U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc.’s driver assistance system Autopilot...
GM’s Cruise on Top in Consumer Reports Safety Ratings of Driving Assistance Systems October 29, 2020 By Paul Lienert General Motors Co.’s Super Cruise once again edged Tesla’s Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving...
Swiss Re Builds Risk Scoring System, Aiming to Reward Safe Cars with Lower Premiums August 14, 2020 By L.S. Howard A car owner should be able to pay lower insurance premiums for driving a car with safety features, such as...
U.S. Lags Europe in Driver Assist Technology Safety Testing March 2, 2020 By Tina Bellon Autopilot, Super Cruise and Drive Pilot are different names given to technology that automates steering and braking in a growing...
Groups Seek Consensus on What to Call Newfangled Driver Assistance Technologies November 20, 2019 Four consumer and safety organizations—AAA, Consumer Reports, J.D. Power and the National Safety Council—are urging all organizations, automakers and the...
Tesla ‘Operational Limitations’ Cited for ‘Major Role’ in Crash by Safety Board September 13, 2017 By David Shepardson The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday “operational limitations” in the Tesla Model S...
‘Self-Driving’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Hands-Free’ – Lessons of Tesla Autopilot Crash in China August 15, 2016 By Jake Spring Tesla said last week that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in ‘autopilot’ mode, with the driver...