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Tesla’s radar-less cars investigated by NHTSA after complaints spike

Enlarge / Tesla’s camera-only approach to driver assistance keeps landing it in trouble. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Tesla) Tesla is facing a new headache this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a “phantom braking” problem after receiving hundreds of complaints from owners of recent Models 3 and Y. In […]

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Tesla must tell NHTSA how Autopilot sees emergency vehicles

Enlarge / Tesla’s Autopilot system is good at keeping pace with moving traffic, but it keeps crashing into emergency responders parked by the side of the road. The NHTSA wants to know why. (credit: Tesla) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system continues apace. The Associated Press reports that […]

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US investigates Autopilot after 11 Teslas crashed into emergency vehicles

Enlarge / A 2014 Tesla Model S driving on Autopilot rear-ended a Culver City fire truck that was parked in the high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 405. (credit: Culver City Firefighters Local 1927 / Facebook ) US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped […]

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Client Reports: Tesla Autopilot a”distant second” into GM Super Cruise

Expand / Super Cruise will soon be {} the 2021 Cadillac CT4-V. (charge: Cadillac) Cadillac Super Cruise has kept its name as the best driver support system available on the marketplace, Consumer Reports announced in a fresh position . Super Cruise additionally won CR’s final ranking at 2018. Even though Super Cruise began out because […]