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New IIHS Rating Program Will Assess Safeguards on Semi-Autonomous Systems in U.S. Vehicles
New IIHS Rating Program Will Assess Safeguards on Semi-Autonomous Systems in U.S. Vehicles

9 Nov 2022, 13:30 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / The rating program will assess how well automakers with semi-automated systems in U.S. vehicles are implementing safeguards to keep drivers vigilant on the road

 
IIHS Study Shows That People Treat Partially-Automated Vehicles as Fully Self-Driving
IIHS Study Shows That People Treat Partially-Automated Vehicles as Fully Self-Driving

11 Oct 2022, 12:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many people consider their partially-automated vehicles as being self-driving when engaging in non-driving activities behind the steering wheel

 
What Is the Park Seek Mode, and When Will It Land in a Tesla Near You?
What Is the Park Seek Mode, and When Will It Land in a Tesla Near You?

7 Oct 2022, 15:06 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s website hints at a “Park Seek mode” that allows Tesla cars to search for a spot and park automatically, much like the previously promised Reverse Summon

 
Automatic Emergency Systems Are a Mess, AAA Study Finds, They Fail Almost Every Time
Automatic Emergency Systems Are a Mess, AAA Study Finds, They Fail Almost Every Time

30 Sep 2022, 15:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / If you thought you’d be safer because your vehicle has an Automatic Emergency Braking system, you’d be wrong, as a recent AAA study finds

 
Canadian Driver Sleeping Behind the Wheel Is a Nightmare for Tesla Struggles in California
Canadian Driver Sleeping Behind the Wheel Is a Nightmare for Tesla Struggles in California

5 Sep 2022, 09:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Canadian driver was caught sleeping behind the wheel of his Tesla, fueling the backlash against Tesla FSD in California and elsewhere

 
Autopilot Prevents 40 Crashes per Day Where Drivers Mistakenly Press the Accelerator
Autopilot Prevents 40 Crashes per Day Where Drivers Mistakenly Press the Accelerator

22 Aug 2022, 09:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s Autopilot software director Ashok Elluswamy says Autopilot prevents around 40 crashes per day where drivers press the accelerator instead of the brakes

 
Tesla Allowed Advertising of Autopilot and FSD in Germany Following Appeals Court Ruling
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

 
Watch Tesla Model 3 on FSD Beta Trying to Turn Directly in Front of a Train
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

 
GM's Automated Driving System Might Be Good, but It Still Needs to Learn From Tesla
GM's Automated Driving System Might Be Good, but It Still Needs to Learn From Tesla

29 Mar 2022, 15:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM has been benchmarking the Tesla Smart Summon feature on Model 3, showing that even the best automated-driving systems on the market need to learn from Tesla

 
IIHS Steps In To Regulate Semi-Autonomous Driving With a New Rating System
IIHS Steps In To Regulate Semi-Autonomous Driving With a New Rating System

20 Jan 2022, 16:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Semi-autonomous vehicles trick their drivers into thinking they drive themselves when they don't. IIHS will develop new safeguard ratings for partial automation

 
Letting Your Dog Take a Car Ride Alone Is How You Should Never Use Tesla's Autopilot
Letting Your Dog Take a Car Ride Alone Is How You Should Never Use Tesla's Autopilot

15 Dec 2021, 11:20 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A footage of a dog taking a ride in a Tesla car without any human supervision has got the Internet all angry, labeling this as a reckless, tasteless stunt

 
New Study Puts Numbers on How Much More Distracted Tesla Autopilot Drivers Are
New Study Puts Numbers on How Much More Distracted Tesla Autopilot Drivers Are

14 Sep 2021, 11:36 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Distracted drivers have probably been around for as long as cars, but up until now, you feel like they've never been actively encouraged to wander off

 
Tesla Autopilot Sees the Moon, Thinks It’s a Yellow Traffic Light. Cure Is Easy
Tesla Autopilot Sees the Moon, Thinks It’s a Yellow Traffic Light. Cure Is Easy

27 Jul 2021, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tesla Autopilot is seen mistakenly identifying the Moon as a yellow traffic light, kept trying to slow down. An alert driver could easily spot the error

 
Case Claiming Tesla's Autopilot Is "False Advertising" Will Be Heard by a Jury
Case Claiming Tesla's Autopilot Is "False Advertising" Will Be Heard by a Jury

23 Jul 2021, 06:58 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A judge from the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara decided to allow the lawsuit against Tesla to proceed

 
Tesla FSD Subscriptions Roll Out at $99 or $199 Per Month
Tesla FSD Subscriptions Roll Out at $99 or $199 Per Month

18 Jul 2021, 13:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of paying $10,000 upfront for Full-Self Driving Capability, Tesla customers are now offered the choice to pay $99 or $199 per month for FSD Capability

 
NYT Article Reveals Tesla Is Being Sued For A Death Involving Autopilot
NYT Article Reveals Tesla Is Being Sued For A Death Involving Autopilot

6 Jul 2021, 10:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jovani Maldonado was thrown though the windshield of his father’s pickup truck when a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot hit his vehicle in the back.

 
Tesla Model 3 (Presumably on AP) Crashes Into Tree, Doesn't Deploy Airbags
Tesla Model 3 (Presumably on AP) Crashes Into Tree, Doesn't Deploy Airbags

5 Jul 2021, 11:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / This is surely one of the clear cases where the driver should have been paying more attention, but that doesn't take away from how poorly the Autopilot did

 
NHTSA Orders Carmakers With Advanced Driving-Aid Systems To Report Crashes
NHTSA Orders Carmakers With Advanced Driving-Aid Systems To Report Crashes

29 Jun 2021, 16:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although that order includes all automakers with these driving aids, it is clearly a message from NHTSA to Tesla, Autopilot, and FSD.

 
Elon Musk Falls for Worst Analogy Possible in Defense of No Radar Move
Elon Musk Falls for Worst Analogy Possible in Defense of No Radar Move

28 May 2021, 12:30 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Elon Musk was in no mood to write too much on Twitter, so he just chose a Reddit post instead of supporting his decision to remove radar sensors—a wrong one

 
Possible Tesla Douchery: Old Blog Entry Detailing the Benefits of Radar, Deleted
Possible Tesla Douchery: Old Blog Entry Detailing the Benefits of Radar, Deleted

28 May 2021, 11:20 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If this turns out to be intentional, you really wouldn't want to put the freedom of the press in Tesla's hands, or trust the company with writing the history