Tesla Settles Class Action Over ‘Inoperable’ Autopilot Features May 29, 2018 By Tina Bellon Tesla Inc. on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and...
Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene A pair of consumer advocacy groups want the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla Inc., charging that the company’s...
U.S. Safety Chief Contradicts Tesla Safety Claims on Autopilot May 3, 2018 By David Shepardson A U.S. traffic safety regulator on Wednesday contradicted Tesla Inc.’s claim that the agency had found that its Autopilot technology...
Safety Advocates Accuse Tesla of Inflating Crash Reduction Data April 19, 2018 By Ryan Beene Tesla Inc.’s ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point...
Tesla Insists Driver to Blame for Fatal Crash; Family Hires Lawyer April 12, 2018 By Keith Naughton and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. again placed blame for a fatal crash involving a Model X last month on the driver as the...
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...
U.S. Safety Board ‘Unhappy’ Tesla Released Crash Information April 2, 2018 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public...
Tesla Autopilot Crash with Parked Fire Truck in Los Angeles Under Investigation January 24, 2018 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will investigate an accident involving a Tesla Inc. Model S sedan that rear-ended a...
UK Auto Insurer Direct Line Offers Tesla Drivers 5% Discount if They Use ‘Auto-Pilot’ December 4, 2017 By Noor Zainab Hussain Britain’s largest motor insurer Direct Line is offering Tesla Inc drivers in Britain a 5-percent discount for switching on the...
Audi Goes Full Speed on Automated Driving, While Competitors Wary of Liability, Regulation September 18, 2017 By Georgina Prodhan and Agnieszka Flak German carmaker Audi is taking a lead in bringing more automated driving to roads, but rivals seem in no rush...