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U.S. Agencies Investigating Two Tesla Crashes in the Same Week

By Alvaro Rivera | March 4, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Saturday that U.S. authorities are investigating a crash in Florida involving a Tesla Model S that burst into flames, killing the driver. The crash occurred last...

Tesla Planning Release of Fully Autonomous Car by End of Year

By Alvaro Rivera | February 28, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be releasing their full self-driving system by the end of 2019. Just like the current Autopilot system, the “full self-driving system” will require some driver oversight in the beginning....

Government Agency Allegedly Hid Tesla Crash Data

By Alvaro Rivera | February 18, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

Two years ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that after Tesla introduced their Autopilot mode, crash rates for Tesla brand cars dropped by 40%. When R.A. Whitfield saw those numbers, he couldn’t...

New Jersey Man Crashes Tesla in Autopilot Mode

By Alvaro Rivera | February 18, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

A man in New Jersey driving a Tesla Model X recently crashed his car and blamed the car’s Autopilot feature. 32-year-old Eric Carter told police he believes his Tesla Model X was “confused” on a...

Family of Woman Killed by Autonomous Uber Files $10M Claim Against City of Tempe

By Alvaro Rivera | February 8, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

The family of Elaine Herzberg has filed a claim against the city of Tempe in Arizona seeking $10M. Elaine Herzberg was killed by a self-driving Uber on March 18, 2018, while walking her bicycle across...

Autonomous Vehicles Often Hit from Behind Due to “Non-Human” Driving Behavior

By Alvaro Rivera | February 8, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) see self-driving cars as the way of the future. They believe that the technology could save thousands of lives a year. However, the American public has much less...

Apple Lays Off Over 200 Employees from Secret Autonomous Car Project

By Alvaro Rivera | February 8, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

Apple’s secretive self-driving car division, code-named Project Titan, has fired over 200 employees. Executives within the company are trying to position the news as part of an “anticipated restructuring.” It has not been made clear,...

Uber Launching Self-Driving Scooter and Bicycle Project

By Alvaro Rivera | February 8, 2019 (updated September 15, 2020)

Uber is acting on plans to develop self-driving bicycles and scooters which can drive themselves around cities between charging ports. Scooter and bike-sharing services like Uber’s Jump and competitors such as Lime and Bird have...

Tesla Crashes into Robot at CES

By Alvaro Rivera | February 8, 2019 (updated September 11, 2020)

Last week, a robot was “killed” by a self-driving Tesla. Many are considering this to be an over the top public relations move. The accident occurred ahead of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). A...