Canadian police charged a Tesla owner for sleeping while driving

Posted on 18/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Police in Canada say they recently charged a Tesla Model S owner with driving dangerously for sleeping at his car's wheel. In July, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say they responded to a speeding complaint on Highway 2 near Ponoka — a town...

Tesla Autopilot now detects speed limit signs

Posted on 29/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tesla cars are now smarter about recognizing street signs. Electrek reports that the automaker is pushing a software update that lets Autopilot detect speed limit signs using the EV’s cameras. Your car should stick to the limit more accurately than i...

Tesla’s Model 3 under investigation in South Korean safety probe

Posted on 30/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

South Korea has launched a safety probe into Tesla, focusing on braking and steering systems including Autopilot, according to Reuters. The transport ministry is specifically looking at the the Model 3 in an investigation that could take from six mon...

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E will add hands-free driving with a software update

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Just a couple of years ago Ford was talking up driving assist features like automatic emergency braking, lane keeping, automatic high beams and more as part of its Co-Pilot360 suite. But now in 2020 that feature list is just keeping up with the compe...

Volvo’s Polestar 2 will feature autopilot and battery safeguards

Posted on 28/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Polestar 2 is still slated to come to the US this summer, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Swedish company -- a subsidiary of Volvo -- recently announced that the all-electric sedan will start at $59,900. That’s well above the similarly spec...

Tesla rolls out Autopilot navigation for traffic lights and stop signs

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tesla has been developing Autopilot navigation for traffic lights and stop signs for quite some time, and now the feature is finally ready for the public. According to Electrek, the automaker has released a Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control feature...

Tesla’s Autopilot could soon detect traffic lights

Posted on 27/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It looks like Tesla's Autopilot feature will soon be able to recognize traffic lights. A video shared on Twitter, shows a Tesla cruising through several green lights and slowing to a stop when it detects a red light. There is some speculation that Te...

NTSB criticizes Tesla Autopilot design in Model 3 crash report

Posted on 20/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published its final report on the fatal 2019 crash that involved a collision between a Tesla Model 3 and a semi-truck in Delray Beach, Florida. And while the NTSB puts blame for the accident first a...

NTSB chair eviscerates Tesla for inaction over Autopilot concerns

Posted on 25/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing on Tuesday regarding a deadly 2018 crash in which a Tesla Model X slammed into a Mountain View highway divider at 70mph, was subsequently struck by two other vehicles and then exploded. During t...

Driver in fatal Tesla crash had reported problems with Autopilot

Posted on 12/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Apple engineer killed in the fatal Tesla crash in Mountain View, California, in March 2018 had reported problems with the Autopilot driver-assistance system, Reuters says. On prior trips, the driver, Walter Huang aka Wei Lun Huang, reported that...

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