Tesla Wins First US Autopilot Trial Involving Fatal Crash November 3, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin Tesla on Oct. 31 won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a...
California Judge Rules Tesla Owners Must Arbitrate False Ad Claims Over Autopilot Feature October 2, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A California federal judge has ruled that a group of people who own cars made by Tesla Inc must pursue...
New Study Says Autonomous Vehicles Significantly Reduce BI/PD Claims September 7, 2023 A new study has revealed that autonomous-vehicle technology reduced bodily injury claims frequency by 100% and property damage claims frequency...
Two Rival Robotaxi Services OK’d to Operate Throughout San Francisco August 14, 2023 By Michael Liedtke California regulators approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours,...
Tesla Video Promoting Self-Driving Was Staged, Engineer Testifies January 18, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a...
Safety Probe Opened Into Autonomous Driving System in GM’s Cruise Vehicles December 16, 2022 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened a formal safety probe into the autonomous driving system in vehicles...
U.S. Agency Probes Tesla Crashes That Killed 2 Motorcyclists August 8, 2022 By Tom Krisher Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new...
Agency Probing Self-Driving Cruise Car Crash In California July 11, 2022 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a recent crash of a Cruise self-driving vehicle...
New NHTSA Chief: Agency to Scrutinize Auto-Driver Technology July 1, 2022 By Tom Krisher The new head of the government’s road safety agency says it will intensify efforts to understand the risks posed by...
Tesla’s Musk Sees Safe Self-Driving Vehicle This Year and Humanoid Robot Next Year January 28, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin and Nivedita Balu Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but...