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Tesla Hits Parked Calif. Police Vehicle; Driver Blames Autopilot

by aieg | May 30, 2018 | News

The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode at the time, police said. The driver suffered minor injuries,...

Tesla Agrees to Settle Class Action Over Autopilot Billed as ‘Safer’

by aieg | May 29, 2018 | News

Tesla Inc on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company’s assisted-driving Autopilot system was “essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.” The lawsuit said Tesla...

Fatal Uber Crash Highlights a Blind Spot for Self-driving Cars: Night Vision

by aieg | May 29, 2018 | News

A few weeks after a woman was struck and killed by an Uber self-driving crossover in Arizona, the crash was recreated using heat seeking, thermal-imaging sensors. With that night vision technology — used by the military and luxury cars for decades — the pedestrian is...

Tesla is Facing Mounting Pressure to Drop the Name ‘Autopilot’

by aieg | May 29, 2018 | News

A recent AAA study found 73 percent would be “afraid” to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle. Tesla is facing intense pressure to abandon the name “Autopilot” for its semi-autonomous driving technology following a series of crashes, at least one fatal,...

Tesla Driver in Utah Crash Kept Taking Her Hands Off Wheel as Car Sped in Autopilot Mode

by aieg | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized

Data from the computer brain of a Tesla Model S that crashed in Utah last week confirms that the $100,000 sedan was in Autopilot mode, police in South Jordan said Wednesday. Information recovered by Tesla engineers and shared with South Jordan police confirms many of...
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