Traffic Fatalities Continue on Record Pace But Not in All States February 3, 2022 By Hope Yen The number of U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, the government reported Tuesday,...
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,...
Transportation Safety Chief Objects to Use of Driver Error Statistic January 20, 2022 By Tom Krisher and Hope Yen With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious...
Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes But Others Are Skeptical. January 10, 2022 By Keith Laing Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by...
Biden Auto Safety Agency Nominee to Face Senate Committee December 14, 2021 By David Shepardson The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday is set to hold a confirmation hearing on President Joe Biden’s nominee to...
Auto Safety Regulators Looking into Complaint from Michigan Tesla Driver November 15, 2021 U.S. auto safety regulators are looking into a complaint from a Tesla driver that the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software caused...
Auto Safety Whistleblower Receives Maximum Award of $24 Million November 10, 2021 By Heekyong Yang and David Shepardson The U.S. auto safety regulator announced on Tuesday its first-ever reward to a whistleblower, handing out more than $24 million...
Safety Head Criticizes Tesla Over Its Release of New Self-Driving Software October 26, 2021 By David Shepardson The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday criticized electric carmaker Tesla Inc.’s decision to provide new...
‘Be Honest’: New Transportation Safety Chief Warns Robot-Car Claims Erode Public Trust August 25, 2021 By Alan Levin The nation’s new chief accident investigator wants to send a message: growing public confusion over automated driving systems in the...
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...