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NTSB Clears Tesla in 2021 Texas Fatal Crash, Concludes Autopilot Wasn't To Blame
NTSB Clears Tesla in 2021 Texas Fatal Crash, Concludes Autopilot Wasn't To Blame

9 Feb 2023, 09:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / NTSB investigation in the 2021 Texas fatal crash that killed two reveals that the Autopilot assistance features weren’t engaged at the time of the crash

 
NTSB Thinks Heavy Electric Vehicles Are Becoming Dangerous for Other Road Users
NTSB Thinks Heavy Electric Vehicles Are Becoming Dangerous for Other Road Users

12 Jan 2023, 12:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / NTSB’s chair Jennifer Homendy showed her concerns about EV’s heavy weight, which could prove dangerous to other road users in a crash

 
Elon Musk Sells $3.58 Billion in Tesla Shares – That’s $39 Billion Since November 2021
Elon Musk Sells $3.58 Billion in Tesla Shares – That’s $39 Billion Since November 2021

15 Dec 2022, 11:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apparently, that will be a way to fund his Twitter adventure, which confirms the fears that this social media is harming the EV maker

 
NTSB Wants DADSS in Every New Vehicle, It Could Save Lives
NTSB Wants DADSS in Every New Vehicle, It Could Save Lives

21 Sep 2022, 08:13 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Some car crashes can be avoided, especially when they involve drivers that are under the influence of various substances. Here’s the NTSB’s idea

 
Tesla Model S Unexpectedly Swerves Left and Crashes, the Owner Says It's FSD's Fault
Tesla Model S Unexpectedly Swerves Left and Crashes, the Owner Says It's FSD's Fault

25 Aug 2022, 09:10 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Accidents happen every day. It’s unfortunate, but mistakes happen everywhere and with anyone. Computers aren’t exempt from this fate, apparently

 
Autopilot Is Confirmed to Be Involved With Another Death: a Motorcyclist in Utah
Autopilot Is Confirmed to Be Involved With Another Death: a Motorcyclist in Utah

25 Jul 2022, 22:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although the police stressed that the driver should be paying attention to the road, automatic emergency braking could have prevented the crash.

 
NTSB Argues Issues With NHTSA’s ADAS Crashes Data Show It Should Be Standardized
NTSB Argues Issues With NHTSA’s ADAS Crashes Data Show It Should Be Standardized

16 Jun 2022, 11:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Jennifer Homendy, what NHTSA provided was a fruit bowl of data with a lot of caveats that prevent apples-to-apples comparisons

 
IIHS Raises the Safety Bar With a Higher-Speed Test for Automatic Emergency Braking
IIHS Raises the Safety Bar With a Higher-Speed Test for Automatic Emergency Braking

9 May 2022, 10:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As most new vehicles feature an Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system nowadays, the IIHS thinks it's the time to raise the bar with higher-speed tests

 
Tesla Fatal Crash Video in Coral Gables Is Back Online - Eyewitnesses Tell What They Saw
Tesla Fatal Crash Video in Coral Gables Is Back Online - Eyewitnesses Tell What They Saw

16 Feb 2022, 19:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ian Linder Sheldon called 911 right after the crash. The case attorney talked to autoevolution about the lawsuit and the high-speed allegations

 
Tesla Crash in Coral Gables Involved High Speed: 90 Mph in 30-Mph Zone
Tesla Crash in Coral Gables Involved High Speed: 90 Mph in 30-Mph Zone

10 Nov 2021, 23:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NTSB said it is still checking “the crash dynamics, the circumstances of the crash, factors associated with the roadway, survivability, and the postcrash fire”

 
Missy Cummings Erased Her Twitter Account: Why That’s Bad for Tesla
Missy Cummings Erased Her Twitter Account: Why That’s Bad for Tesla

23 Oct 2021, 00:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone that thinks they are helping the brand accomplish anything by repeatedly insulting an NHTSA safety adviser has no idea what backlash means.

 
NTSB Confirms Fatal Texas Crash Indeed Had Someone Driving When It Happened
NTSB Confirms Fatal Texas Crash Indeed Had Someone Driving When It Happened

21 Oct 2021, 19:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Steering wheel deformation proves William Varner was driving, but also that may mean he tried to escape going to the rear seat

 
"Misleading and Irresponsible:" That’s How NTSB Chair Qualifies Tesla’s FSD
"Misleading and Irresponsible:" That’s How NTSB Chair Qualifies Tesla’s FSD

20 Sep 2021, 17:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jennifer Homendy spared no words to qualify how Tesla names its Level 2 ADAS beta software and how it deals with traffic safety.

 
NTSB Will Investigate Tesla Model 3 Fiery Crash in Coral Gables
NTSB Will Investigate Tesla Model 3 Fiery Crash in Coral Gables

18 Sep 2021, 07:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The circumstances in which the incident happened surely demand specialists to determine what caused the sudden swerve to the left.

 
Sandy Munro Confuses Tesla Investigations With an Attack on Innovation
Sandy Munro Confuses Tesla Investigations With an Attack on Innovation

25 Aug 2021, 18:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The lean design engineer made a video demanding the U.S. government stick with what it understands and leave innovators alone.

 
Travis Barker Revisits Fatal 2008 Plane Crash, Will Fly Again One Day
Travis Barker Revisits Fatal 2008 Plane Crash, Will Fly Again One Day

26 May 2021, 06:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “I want to make the choice to try and overcome it,” the drummer says in new interview; he is the sole survivor of a crash that killed four other people

 
Plane With Half a Cabin Gone After Mid-Air Crash Is the Definition of Pure Luck
Plane With Half a Cabin Gone After Mid-Air Crash Is the Definition of Pure Luck

14 May 2021, 09:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two small airplanes collided as they were preparing to land in Denver, and both made it on the ground without injury to the three occupants

 
Elon Musk Was Right About the Tesla Model S That Crashed and Burned in Texas
Elon Musk Was Right About the Tesla Model S That Crashed and Burned in Texas

11 May 2021, 04:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tesla CEO said that the car was not on Autopilot, so it couldn’t have been driving itself; a preliminary report from the NTSB confirms it

 
NTSB Claims New-Generation Tech Is the Only Way to Fight Distracted Driving
NTSB Claims New-Generation Tech Is the Only Way to Fight Distracted Driving

15 Apr 2021, 06:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The National Transportation Safety Board says collision-avoidance and connected vehicle tech is the only way to go in the fight against distracted driving

 
NTSB Wants a Full Ban on All Electronics While Driving
NTSB Wants a Full Ban on All Electronics While Driving

14 Apr 2021, 11:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The National Transportation Safety Board says the use of electronics, including those with hands-free modes, should be completely banned while driving