Ralph Nader Calls for NHTSA to Remove Tesla Full Self-Driving

The former Presidential candidate and consumer protection advocate called on federal regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to remove Tesla’s Full-Self Driving system from the automaker’s electric cars.

Vineeth Joel Patel2022-09-21 08:15 PT

General Motors is Doubling its Super Cruise Hands-Free Driving Network to 400,000 Miles of Roads in North America

General Motors is expanding its Super Cruise network in North America by doubling the number of roads where drivers can activate the hand-free automated highway driving feature. ​The expanded network includes a combination of undivided and divided highway roads. GM is also adding the famed Pacific Coast Highway (Route 1) is California, which allows for hands-free driving along the scenic coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Eric Walz2022-09-09 10:30 PT

Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot Returns With Some Features From 'Full Self-Driving'

Someone asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to bring Enhanced Autopilot on Twitter and he was more than happy to oblige with the new Enhanced Autopilot package that costs $6,000.

Vineeth Joel Patel2022-08-08 06:45 PT

Tesla Vehicles Operating in Autopilot Mode Involved in 273 Crashes in Under a Year, the NHTSA Reports

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released on Wednesday shows that Tesla vehicles operating in Autopilot have been involved in 273 crashes since last July. Of these crashes, 125 occurred in California. The number is much higher than previously reported and shows how far the nascent technology needs to advance to become safer than a human driver.

Eric Walz2022-07-22 08:30 PT

Mercedes-Benz Says its Will Accept Liability for the Safety of its DRIVE PILOT Hands-Free, Level-3 Autonomous Driving System

Mercedes-Benz has always been a pioneer in safety innovation and developed a Level-3 system called “Drive Pilot”, that allows a driver to read a book or even watch a movie on the car’s infotainment screen after it’s activated by the driver. The automaker has a high-level of confidence in Drive Pilot, so much so that Mercedes-Benz says its will accept full liability for any accidents as a result of using it.

Eric Walz2022-05-01 10:00 PT

NHTSA Opens Formal Investigation of 416,000 Tesla Vehicles for ‘Phantom Braking’

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening a formal investigation of roughly 416,000 Tesla vehicles after reports of unexpected braking events when drivers have the Autopilot automated driving system activated. The NHTSA confirmed earlier this month it was reviewing consumer complaints that Tesla vehicles were activating the brakes unnecessarily. This preliminary evaluation is the first step in the process that could lead to formal recall.

FutureCar Staff 2022-03-26 10:15 PT

Tesla Removed Steering ECUs Required to Support More Advanced Versions of ‘Full Self-Driving’ Due to Semiconductor Shortages, Sources Claim

As automakers around the world struggled with semiconductor shortages last year, electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc seemed to weather the shortage better than its rivals. But behind the scenes, Tesla made some bold decisions to remove redundant steering hardware designed to support level-3 driver assist features, sources claim.

Eric Walz2022-03-17 12:30 PT

The Netherlands Forensic Institute Claims it Has Decoded Tesla's Vehicle Data By Reverse Engineering

The Netherlands Forensic Institute has decrypted electric automaker Tesla’s driving data vehicle storage system by "reverse engineering" Tesla’s vehicle data logs. The data uncovered contains a wealth of previously unknown information that could be used to investigate serious accidents involving Tesla vehicles.

FutureCar Staff 2021-11-27 12:35 PT

Lucid Reveals New Details of its ‘DreamDrive’ Advanced Driver Assist System, its Answer to Tesla’s Autopilot

​Luxury electric vehicle startup and Tesla challenger Lucid has already built the world's longest range EV with its Lucid Air sedan, but the company is not stopping there. The electric Lucid Air sedan will also include advanced driver assist features and autonomous driving capabilities. Lucid calls its advanced driver assist platform “DreamDrive” and the company has shared new details for the first time.

Eric Walz2021-11-18 10:30 PT

Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta Rolling Out to More ‘Good Drivers’

​Tesla continues to expand access to the beta version of its new Full Self Driving (FSD) autonomous driving feature. Chief Executive Elon Musk confirmed a tweet early Monday that FSD version 10.2 is ready for download. However, there's a catch, only drivers with good driving habits will gain access to the latest beta version.

Eric Walz2021-11-17 07:15 PT

Tesla Ordered to Turn Over Autopilot Data to the NHTSA After the 12th Crash Involving an Emergency Vehicle

Tesla is facing growing scrutiny into the safety of its Autopilot autonomous driving system after investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) identified the 12th crash involving a police or fire vehicle last week in Florida. Less than two weeks before the latest incident on Aug 28, the NHTSA said it had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla’s Autopilot after 11 prior crashes involving an emergency vehicle.

FutureCar Staff 2021-10-08 13:25 PT

U.S. Regulators Formally Open Safety Probe of Tesla’s Autopilot After Accidents Involving Emergency Vehicles

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is a fierce defender of the automaker’s semi-autonomous driving feature “Autopilot”, saying that the technology saves lives. However, after a series of high profile crashes involving emergency vehicles where drivers were suspected of using Autopilot, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has formally opened a safety probe of Tesla vehicles in the U.S.

Eric Walz2021-09-22 08:30 PT

The NHTSA to Require Crash Reports From Manufacturers of Vehicles Equipped with Level-2 & Higher Automated Driving Features

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will now require automakers selling vehicle equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or SAE Levels 3-5 automated driving systems to report any crashes involving their vehicles, the agency announced on Tuesday.

FutureCar Staff 2021-08-05 15:30 PT

A Closer Look at Tesla’s Nvidia-powered Supercomputer for Training Deep Neural Networks

​At the fourth annual Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2021) conference this week, Tesla’s senior director of AI, Andrej Karpathy, shared details the company’s latest supercomputer that will be used to train deep neural networks (DNN) for Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) autonomous driving features.

Eric Walz2021-07-29 11:00 PT

Tesla to Replace Radar in its Model 3, Model Y in the U.S. - Rolling Out ‘Pure Vision Autopilot’ Using Cameras

Electric automaker Tesla Inc said on Tuesday that it will replace a radar sensor in the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles sold in North America with a camera to better support Tesla’s latest automated driving feature called “Full Self-Driving” (FSD).

Eric Walz2021-07-02 08:00 PT

The NTSB Determines That Tesla’s Autopilot Was Not Active in a Fatal Crash in Texas After Investigators Claimed ‘No One Was in the Driver’s Seat’

After an investigation into a Tesla Model S crash in Texas that killed two passengers, the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) determined that Autopilot could not have been active without a driver behind the wheel. Local police claimed there was no one in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash, fueling rumors that Tesla's Autopilot could be somehow engaged without a driver behind the wheel.

FutureCar Staff 2021-06-16 16:00 PT

Tesla Engineer Tells the California DMV That Elon Musk’s Goal of Achieving Full Self-Driving by the End of 2021 Does Not ‘Match Engineering Reality’

During a Tesla earnings call in January, Musk said that he was "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year." But Musk’s tweet does not reflect that of Tesla’s own Autopilot engineers, a new memo confirms. After an early March conference call with Tesla representatives and the California DMV, Tesla Autopilot engineer CJ Moore wrote in a memo that "Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality.”

FutureCar Staff 2021-06-13 15:30 PT

Tesla Crash in Texas Leaves 2 Dead, Investigators Determine That No One Was in the Driver’s Seat

​Two people died in Texas on Sunday after a Tesla Model S left the roadway and slammed into a tree at high speed. The crash was highly unusual, as investigators determined that neither of the two victims was behind the wheel at the time of the crash.

FutureCar Staff 2021-05-26 09:45 PT

Tesla Drops its Lawsuit Against Former Engineer Accused of Stealing IP and Sharing it With Rival EV Startup Xpeng

​Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng announced that Tesla has dropped its lawsuit against one of its former employees. The suit was filed in 2019 with the Northern California U.S. District Court over the theft of intellectual property (IP) related to Tesla’s Autopilot autonomous driving system, which the former engineer worked on before being recruited by Xpeng.

FutureCar Staff 2021-05-24 08:00 PT

China’s EV Startup Xpeng Unveils the Beta Version of its Advanced Self-Driving Feature Called ‘Navigation Guided Pilot’

Chinese EV startup and Tesla competitor Xpeng is one step closer to goal for self-driving cars. The company unveiled the beta version of its autonomous driving feature called Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP), which is similar to Tesla’s Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving feature. NGP is a key feature of Xpeng’s XPILOT 3.0 autonomous driving platform.

Eric Walz2021-02-21 15:25 PT