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Add Speed to the List of Causes for the Tesla Model S Autopilot Fatal Crash
Add Speed to the List of Causes for the Tesla Model S Autopilot Fatal Crash

4 Jul 2016, 11:25 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The first fatal crash involving a Tesla car with the Autopilot engaged took place, and it looks like the driver was braking every available rule

 
Tesla Disagrees With Mobileye On Autopilot's Auto Braking Abilities
Tesla Disagrees With Mobileye On Autopilot's Auto Braking Abilities

3 Jul 2016, 11:47 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mobileye and Tesla have contrasting views on the abilities of self-driving car technologies. The former believes current systems cannot "see" certain situations

 
Victim of Fatal Tesla Model S Crash Was Frequent User of Autopilot Feature
Victim of Fatal Tesla Model S Crash Was Frequent User of Autopilot Feature

1 Jul 2016, 13:21 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Yesterday, the world found out that a Tesla Model S customer died following a car accident. He used to film videos of his car while driving on Autopilot

 
Tesla Owner Tests Autopilot's Pedestrian Detection Skills, Is Not Impressed
Tesla Owner Tests Autopilot's Pedestrian Detection Skills, Is Not Impressed

27 Jun 2016, 15:29 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A Tesla Model S owner claims he has found several issues with the Autopilot's pedestrian detection abilities. The collision avoidance system did not impress

 
NHTSA Opens Tesla Model S Investigation After Fatal Crash Linked to Autopilot
NHTSA Opens Tesla Model S Investigation After Fatal Crash Linked to Autopilot

30 Jun 2016, 21:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Tesla says that it's a fluke accident and that if the Model S had hit the trailer at another point, the driver should have survived

 
Volvo R&D Chief on Testing the Autopilot: "I'm Convinced It's Trying to Kill Me"
Volvo R&D Chief on Testing the Autopilot: "I'm Convinced It's Trying to Kill Me"

11 Jun 2016, 09:36 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's hard to keep things nice even among civilized people: Volvo R&D boss isn't too impressed with Tesla's Autopilot system, makes his feelings known

 
China Wants National Standard For Autonomous Cars, Opens Zone For Testing Them
China Wants National Standard For Autonomous Cars, Opens Zone For Testing Them

9 Jun 2016, 08:55 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Chinese legislators are working on a national standard to regulate the field of autonomous cars. Before it's ready, they set up a massive area for tests

 
Tesla Model X Has a Sudden Case of Uncontrolled Acceleration, Driver Claims
Tesla Model X Has a Sudden Case of Uncontrolled Acceleration, Driver Claims

6 Jun 2016, 20:06 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A brand new Tesla Model X ends up hitting a building's walls after its driver claims it suffered a malfunction that caused it to accelerate all of a sudden

 
Tesla Will Share Its Autopilot Data with the US Department on Transportation
Tesla Will Share Its Autopilot Data with the US Department on Transportation

6 Jun 2016, 12:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Tesla doesn't seem to like keeping things to itself as it plans to release the monumental amount of data its Autopilot-enabled cars have collected

 
Tesla's Autopilot Makes the "Invisible Driver" Prank so Much Better
Tesla's Autopilot Makes the "Invisible Driver" Prank so Much Better

6 Jun 2016, 10:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Witness a clear case of technology put to good use when a YouTuber decided to prank the people on a highway by making it look a Model S drove by itself

 
Musk Gives Us More Reasons to Believe the Model 3 Will Be Fully Autonomous
Musk Gives Us More Reasons to Believe the Model 3 Will Be Fully Autonomous

2 Jun 2016, 20:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The one hour and a half talk at yesterday's Code Conference revealed quite a few interesting bits about Musk's plans and Tesla's future

 
Tesla Says It Got This Far Thanks To Model S' Permanent Internet Connection
Tesla Says It Got This Far Thanks To Model S' Permanent Internet Connection

28 May 2016, 11:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The director of Tesla's Autopilot program explained that the company has achieved its current level of performance by collecting data from its users

 
Watching People Crash Using Autopilot Never Gets Old. Here's the Latest Victim
Watching People Crash Using Autopilot Never Gets Old. Here's the Latest Victim

26 May 2016, 13:21 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A Tesla Model S driver from Switzerland found out the hard way that the content of the 69th page of the Tesla owners manual is extremely accurate

 
Tesla Gathers More Autopilot Miles in a Day Than Google Has in Its Whole Program
Tesla Gathers More Autopilot Miles in a Day Than Google Has in Its Whole Program

25 May 2016, 20:04 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Tesla just let us in on the scale of the data it collects from all the cars it's got on the road, as it truly is impressive

 
Man Falls Asleep while Cruising on Autopilot - Is He an Idiot, or a Pioneer?
Man Falls Asleep while Cruising on Autopilot - Is He an Idiot, or a Pioneer?

24 May 2016, 08:55 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Just because it's called "Autopilot," you don't have to take itliterally. Airplanes have autopilots too, and we doubt the Captain goes to sleep. Hopefully

 
Tesla Autopilot Misfires, Model S Crashes into Car at Speed on the I-5
Tesla Autopilot Misfires, Model S Crashes into Car at Speed on the I-5

16 May 2016, 11:08 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Situations such as these are to be expected when you try to be at the forefront of self-driving technology implementation

 
Giant Suicidal Moth Disables Tesla Model S Autopilot
Giant Suicidal Moth Disables Tesla Model S Autopilot

13 May 2016, 14:04 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Tesla's Autopilot system has had its up and downs in the time that passed since its launch, but this is the first time it was defeated by a moth

 
Useful Reminder: Roundabouts Are Tesla's Autopilot Mortal Enemy
Useful Reminder: Roundabouts Are Tesla's Autopilot Mortal Enemy

28 Apr 2016, 13:39 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Tesla's Autopilot might be a great tool, but it's not without its issues. Round things that cars drive through, apparently, are one of them

 
Volvo Engineer Questions Tesla Autopilot's Worth, Uses the Word "Wannabe"
Volvo Engineer Questions Tesla Autopilot's Worth, Uses the Word "Wannabe"

28 Apr 2016, 08:21 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / We think it's wonderful that carmakers have different approaches for the same goal. And when they start contradicting each other, it's even better

 
Elon Musk's Wife Demonstrates the Wrong Way of Using Tesla's Autopilot
Elon Musk's Wife Demonstrates the Wrong Way of Using Tesla's Autopilot

21 Apr 2016, 17:57 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Cyndi Lauper kept telling us that girls just wanna have fun, but we didn't listen. Here's a video featuring Elon Musk's wife in a Model X showing just that