Tag: Self-Driving Cars
Report Finds Hacking Of Internet Connected Cars Big National Security Threat
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog has issued a report, with the help of car industry technologists, that finds all the top...
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Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Auto Safety Urge DMV, AG, & FTC to Investigate Tesla for Deceptive Practices After Another Autopilot-Related Death
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Auto Safety today renewed their call to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Motor...
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Rein In Robot Cars, Or Humans Will Lose The Right Of Way
People are fighting back against robot cars. Self-driving cars being tested in Arizona by Waymo, a Google sister company, have been attacked by residents in...
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New CA Rules Make Dangerous Video Game Out of Robot Car Testing
SANTA MONICA, CA – New California autonomous vehicle regulations released today by the Department of Motor Vehicles will turn testing robot cars into a deadly...
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Speed Not Safety Is California Senate’s Concern In Robot Car Hearing
The California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee’s hearing this week, “Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges,” was meant to be an opportunity to field questions and...
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Companies’ Failure to Publish Robot Car Safety Self-Assessments Shows NHTSA’s Voluntary Standards Don’t Work
SANTA MONICA, CA – The failure of virtually all robot car developers to publish safety self-assessments described in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s policy...
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California DMV Heeds Consumer Watchdog Warning on Proposed Robot Car Liability Language
SANTA MONICA, CA. – The California Department of Motor Vehicles is heeding a warning from Consumer Watchdog and has just dropped language suggested by General...
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House “Bipartisan” Robot Car Bill Threatens Highway Safety, Consumer Watchdog Warns
SANTA MONICA, CA — A bill covering autonomous vehicles that the House of Representatives rushed to pass today threatens highway safety and leaves a regulatory...
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NHTSA Must Quickly Enact Enforceable Safety Standards for Robot Cars or States Must Move If Feds Fail to Do Their Job, Consumer Watchdog Tells “Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promptly adopt enforceable federal safety standards covering self-driving autonomous...
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Consumer Watchdog Calls on Congress to Ensure Safety Standards for Robot Cars
SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called on Congress to ensure the adoption of federal safety standards to cover self-driving autonomous vehicles and warned...
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