When Tesla expanded its growing list of dashboard touchscreen games last winter, the update inexplicably allowed drivers to play them while the electric car was in motion. Almost a year later, the United States government is finally asking the company …
MIT study finds Tesla drivers become inattentive when Autopilot is activated
By the end of this week, potentially thousands of Tesla owners will be testing out the automaker’s newest version of its “Full Self-Driving” beta software, version 10.0.1, on public roads, even as regulators and federal officials investigate the safety of the system after a few high-profile crashes. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of […]
Tesla must tell NHTSA how Autopilot sees emergency vehicles
The federal regulator is investigating 12 Autopilot crashes into first responders.
US investigates Autopilot after 11 Teslas crashed into emergency vehicles
Regulator worried Autopilot can’t spot parked vehicles or keep driver engaged.
U.S. safety regulator opens investigation into Tesla Autopilot following crashes with parked emergency vehicles
U.S. auto regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver assistance system, citing 11 incidents in which vehicles crashed into parked first responder vehicles while the system was engaged. The Tesla vehicles involved in the collisions were confirmed to have either have had Autopilot or a feature called Traffic Aware Cruise Control […]
Drivers for Elon Musk’s Loop get a script about their ‘great leader’
Ask ‘Do you like working for him?’ and you’ll get a response that could have come straight from North Korea: ‘Yup, he’s a great leader! He motivates us to do great work.’