China Considers Safety Rules for Driving Assistance Systems June 5, 2025 China is considering imposing safety requirements for driving assistance systems, as more of the country’s automakers offer such features on...
Virginia Bill Requires Speed Limiting Devices on Reckless Drivers’ Cars April 1, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Virginia now has a law on the books that will require that cars of reckless drivers be equipped with technology...
UK Weighs Criminal Liability for Self-Driving Car Companies November 7, 2023 By Jamie Nimmo Self-driving car companies could face criminal action in the UK if their vehicles fail to meet safety standards in the...
Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems January 21, 2022 By David Shepardson Two nonprofit bodies, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said separately on Thursday they are reviewing...
Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged April 11, 2018 By Keith Naughton, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
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...
Tesla Introduces ‘Substantial Improvements’ to Autopilot September 12, 2016 By Dana Hull Elon Musk said Tesla Motors Inc. is updating its Autopilot technology to emphasize radar images over cameras, in his latest...
U.S. Missing Life-Saving Opportunity of Driver Assistance Technologies September 30, 2015 By Keith Naughton New auto safety technologies such as automatic braking and sensors that keep a car in its lane could prevent almost...
Technology May Outpace Humans on Road to Automated Driving September 14, 2015 By Joseph White and Paul Lienert From his laboratory at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, automated vehicle pioneer Raj Rajkumar says self-driving cars will evolve step-by-step, with...