Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog applauded the decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to investigate Tesla’s Autopilot feature and crashes related to it.   Consumer...

By Staff Reporters, KCRW 89.9FM Santa Monica, CA November 13, 2020 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/RADKCRW_11-13-2020_15.34.33.mp3 Jamie Court with Consumer Watchdog explains how easy it was...

Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit, nonpartisan Consumer  Watchdog today released a video showing how a box it built with the help of technologists could hack into the wireless...

Sen. Ed Markey alleges Tesla drivers are confused by the name and capabilities of Autopilot. By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM February 4, 2020 https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2020/tesla-should-change-autopilot-name.shtml The Tesla "Autopilot" name allegedly should be changed to...

By Paul Eisenstein, RIDE TECH BLOG January 17, 2020 https://ride.tech/mobility-lifestyle/us-dot-sec-unveils-voluntary-av-guidelines-as-congress-deadlocks-on-specific-rules/ The White House has announced plans regarding public testing of autonomous vehicles. Dubbed AV 4.0, the guidelines would sync efforts by 38 different...

By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS November 20, 2019 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2019/11/19/distracted-operator-and-uber-blamed-fatal-self-driving-uber-crash-ntsb/4242388002/ Washington — Distraction caused by a personal cellphone call is the probable cause of a 2018 crash in which an Uber self-driving car struck...

By Smriti Srivastrava, ANALYTICS INSIGHT November 9, 2019 https://www.analyticsinsight.net/self-driving-cars-can-cause-massive-mishaps-like-tempe-case-say-experts/ The federal agency has released a document this week questioning how safe are self-driving cars and whether they should be allowed on public...

By Hannah Knowles, WASHINGTON POST  November 6, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/11/06/ubers-self-driving-cars-had-major-flaw-they-werent-programmed-stop-jaywalkers/ Software detected the woman almost six seconds before Uber’s self-driving car struck her, investigators say, in the crash that would lead to her...