I know, I know: another week, another moose test mess-up. But stay with us, there’s more to this story, which was sparked by the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo’s struggles to negotiate the lane-change maneuver at the hands of professional Spanish cone dodgers KM77. If you’ve watched a few moose test videos on YouTube from KM77 […]
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Tesla may be under scrutiny by the NHTSA for its Autopilot system, but it released a video in which we discover some of the innovative ways it uses to improve the safety of its vehicles. Industry standard crash testing used around the world only focuses on how a car performs in a handful of different […]
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For all the love cars from the ’60s get, they were deficient in one enormously important way: they lacked safety features. That, combined with more and more cars on the streets and lax regulatory standards, meant that through the decade traffic deaths increased precipitously. In 1970, in West Germany alone, 19,193 people were killed on […]
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Tesla’s driver assistance systems are currently under the scrutiny by federal authorities, but video footage of its full-self driving package in operation shows just how close it is to replicating real human behavior. You might even say it’s a little too human-like after watching this video from AI DRIVR. The Tesla-driving YouTuber has been testing […]
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Honda today announced the latest updates to its advanced driver assistance technologies that will be facilitated by new hardware installed on its upcoming vehicles. Honda Sensing 360 promises to bring improvements and additions to its vehicles’ active safety system. Those improvements are achieved thanks to a new sensor array that Honda promises will be able […]
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Research conducted by the AAA found that moderate to heavy rain can have severe impacts on driver aids and vehicle safety systems’ ability to operate correctly. The association, with help from the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Automotive Research Center, simulated rain and other environmental factors at a closed course to test their ability to […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent a letter to Tesla asking why it has not issued a recall to address software changes made to its Autopilot driver-assistance system. In September, the automaker sent out an over-the-air update to its vehicles that was reportedly aimed at helping vehicles better detect emergency vehicles stopped on […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Volvo have announced that 259,383 sedans produced between 2001 and 2009 and sold in the U.S. will have to be recalled as a result of an airbag inflator that could rupture and has been linked to one death. The recall affects 2001 to 2006 Volvo S80 and 2001 […]
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Nissan today announced that it is expanding its Michigan-based engineering center, Nissan Technical Center North America (NTCNA). It has spent $40 million on a new Safety Advancement Lab for vehicle safety testing. “This expansion underscores Nissan’s commitment to the region and enables us to be a global center of excellence for new vehicle testing,” said […]
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Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta has already generated its fair share of controversy. Thanks to a report from Vice, it’s come to light that early access testers are required to sign a nondisclosure agreement that prohibits Tesla drivers from speaking to the media. It also prevents members of the press from getting rides or tests. […]
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