Feb 3, 2022 | Featured, Recall, Safety
The recall is among the largest in the Austin, Texas, company’s history and covers all four models in its lineup. Tesla is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the seat belt reminder chimes may not sound when the vehicles are started and the driver...
Feb 3, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Unions
U.S. labor unions and a consumer safety advocate on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to add more safeguards to ensure autonomous vehicles are safe before being deployed in wide numbers on U.S. roads. Lawmakers at a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure...
Dec 23, 2021 | 5G, Aviation, Safety
The plan was for Verizon and AT&T to rollout 5G in the C-band on December 5, in time for the holiday broadband binging period. But the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a cryptic advisory on November 2 saying that while there was no evidence...
Nov 11, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
One issue that has shown itself repeatedly in vehicles employing self-driving technology is an apparent literal blind spot in such systems for first responders stopped at the side of the road. Repeated incidents of police cars and fire trucks being struck by cars...
Oct 14, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Michigan, Safety
Autonomous vehicle development and road construction updates powered by artificial intelligence are at the top of the wish list for the Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification. The council was established last year to put forth proposals on ways...
Sep 16, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
With vehicles today being only partially automated, the requirement for the human driver to stay alert, monitor the road, and take over at a moment’s notice leaves drivers more susceptible to sleepiness — especially when they’re sleep deprived,...
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