NHTSA Asks Tesla About the Purpose and Effectiveness of Its Cabin Cameras
19 Aug 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If it is not effective to prevent the multiple Autopilot and FSD crashes so far, what is it good for? Tesla has until October 12 to answer
NHTSA Warns Tesla Owners Not to Use Real Kids to Test the Car's Safety Features
18 Aug 2022, 13:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / NHTSA has warned Tesla owners that testing safety technology on their own could be highly dangerous, especially when using real children as test dummies
Tesla Allowed Advertising of Autopilot and FSD in Germany Following Appeals Court Ruling
15 Aug 2022, 10:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A German appeals court reversed an earlier decision against Tesla and thus allows the EV maker to use the Autopilot and FSD terms in its marketing materials
Another Tesla Runs Down a Dummy Kid During Test While on Full Self-Driving Beta Mode
12 Aug 2022, 14:15 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / In May last year, Tesla announced it would offer radar-less vehicles for its Northern American consumers with Model 3 and Model Y units despite harsh criticism
Ralph Nader Urges NHTSA to Remove FSD From Every Tesla
10 Aug 2022, 18:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The consumer advocate, famous for the book “Unsafe at Any Speed,” released the statement on his website demanding swift measures.
The Dawn Project Pays for Test to Show FSD Doesn't Brake for Kids
9 Aug 2022, 23:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The test had three runs, and FSD struck the mannequins in all of them. The footage shows that FSD never reacted to the hypothetical children
Elon Musk Was Challenged More Than Once This Weekend – Why He Ignored That
9 Aug 2022, 09:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Cristina Balan and Rick Bomstein dared Musk to prove two famous claims he made on Twitter that do not stand even the most trivial scrutiny.
California DMV Says Tesla Misled Customers With Autopilot and FSD
6 Aug 2022, 23:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to the Californian agency, Tesla exaggerated the true capabilities of the two advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
Autopilot Makes Tesla Buy Back Another EV in Germany: It's the Third One Until Now
3 Aug 2022, 22:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company was convicted by the Darmstadt Regional Court to pay €67,000: his Model 3 had the HW 2.5 computer, not the HW 3.0 it should have
Tesla Smart Summon Still Amazes People, Although Few Tesla Owners Use It
1 Aug 2022, 17:50 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / An older gentleman appeared baffled by a self-driving Tesla in Smart Summon mode that happened to cross his path in a parking lot
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.
The Idea of a "Highly Configurable Robovan" Came After Musk Did His Best to Populate Earth
8 Jul 2022, 08:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk is back on Twitter with his usual logorrhea, talking about a “highly configurable Robovan” after complaining about people not making enough children
New Tesla Fatal Crash in Florida Raises Doubts – Was Autopilot Involved?
7 Jul 2022, 11:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A 66-year-old lady and her 67-year-old passenger died instantly when their 2015 Tesla Model S drove underneath a tractor-trailer
Watch Tesla Model 3 on FSD Beta Trying to Turn Directly in Front of a Train
6 Jul 2022, 08:23 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A new video of a Tesla Model 3 driving on Autopilot shows why beta testing self-driving software on public roads is a dangerous idea
NHTSA Administrator Promises to Understand and Rule Automated Vehicle Tech
29 Jun 2022, 23:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Steven Cliff was recently confirmed as the head of NHTSA by the Senate and promised to find a way to measure the performance of such systems
Tesla Failed to Report ADAS Crashes to NHTSA, Says Company Investor
22 Jun 2022, 22:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Taylor Ogan also said that 71% of all crashes involving Level 2 systems from the EV maker happened with Full Self-Driving, not Autopilot.
Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Worth Zero Without FSD – Why He Is Completely Wrong
16 Jun 2022, 15:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The deal is that Tesla would not be the automaker with the highest market cap in the world. However, that is pretty far from zero.
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
NHTSA Upgrades Autopilot Investigation to Engineering Analysis, Finds Disturbing Signs
12 Jun 2022, 13:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to the safety regulator, Autopilot disengaged less than one second before the first impact against emergency vehicles, suggesting it was by design.
Tesla Quickly Expands FSD Beta Program, Exciting New Features Expected in the Next Release
8 Jun 2022, 10:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk announced the FSD Beta program would expand to 100k new users. The system will gain the ability to navigate roads with no map data in a future update