EV/AV Report: July 25, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s electric and autonomous vehicles report, Tesla hits a self-driving milestone after settling in a German lawsuit, Ford and Baidu unveil autonomous cars without steering wheels and a Deloitte report suggests that tomorrow’s cars are vulnerable to hacking attacks – who knew? Clocked In Tesla celebrates 35 million miles driven […]
EV/AV Report: July 18, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s electric and autonomous vehicles report, the head of autopilot development leaves Tesla, a pioneering EV is discontinued just as the market heats up, and Turo partners with Hyundai to offer EV rentals for holidaymakers and prospective buyers alike. Director’s Departure Tesla’s senior director of artificial intelligence, Andrej Karpathy announced […]
Date with Disaster: Tesla reports fewer miles until collision using Autopilot tech
Toronto, Ontario — Tesla just released its second quarter vehicle safety report and things aren’t looking promising for Autopilot, as the longtime EV frontrunner reports that accident frequency when using the technology is up since last year. While the journey to an AI-induced collision is technically slightly more distant now than in the first quarter […]
Cross Reference: NHTSA requests data from 12 OEMs as part of Tesla probe
Toronto, Ontario — Tesla’s autopilot system is causing safety concerns among drivers and the automotive industry alike, so the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to take up the case and send letters to 12 major OEMs, requesting equivalent data for comparison. The group includes the “Detroit Three” automakers of Ford, General Motors […]
Tsk Tsk, Tesla: U.S. safety regulators launch probe into Tesla Autopilot technology
Toronto, Ontario — U.S. auto safety regulators have announced that they are getting to the bottom of Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launches a formal safety probe into the much-publicized piece of technology. This probe from the NHTSA comes as a result of 11 crashes since January […]
