Oct 27, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Safety
A small number of electric vehicles in Florida burst into flame during flooding caused by Hurricane Ian, and the fires are raising awareness about a previously little-known safety issue for the millions of Americans who have bought or are thinking of...
Oct 13, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Many drivers continue to rely on partially automated systems in their cars as if they are fully autonomous. This is what a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows and the numbers seem very worrying despite widespread warnings from automakers,...
Oct 6, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Waymo’s latest effort to prove that autonomous vehicles are safer than silly, accident-prone humans involves creating a virtual representation of a hyper-attentive driver and then pitting this fake person against its own AVs in a series of simulated tests to see which...
Sep 22, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots, Safety
Robotic eyes on autonomous vehicles could improve pedestrian safety, according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Participants played out scenarios in virtual reality (VR) and had to decide whether to cross a road in front of a moving vehicle or not. When that...
Sep 1, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured, Safety
An autonomous vehicle run by Cruise LLC got into a wreck while making a left turn, causing the company to update software and recall 80 vehicles. The San Francisco-based unit of General Motors says the crash happened June 3. The company says it filed recall paperwork...
Aug 4, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured, Safety
General Motors is racing to electrify its vast lineup of vehicles in a concerted bid to outpace Tesla as the No. 1 seller of EVs in the world. But it’s also competing with Tesla on a whole other front: autonomous vehicles. On this front, GM feels like it has an edge....
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