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Tesla Autopilot Investigation Will Be Resolved, Could Make Announcement Soon, Says US Agency
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will resolve its two-year investigation into Tesla Autopilot and could make a public announcement soon, the agency's acting head told Reuters.
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Tesla Recalls 675,000 Cars In US, China
Tesla has recalled 675,000 cars in the United States and China over issues with the trunk and front hood of two models, raising new questions about the safety of the popular electric vehicle.
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Tesla Tops $1 Trillion in Market Value as Hertz Deal Fuels Latest Surge
Tesla became the latest US tech giant to hit $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 75,05,550 crore) in market value as investors cheered a large order from Hertz and shrugged off criticism from a US auto safety official.
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A life And Death Question For Regulators: Is Tesla's Autopilot Safe?
Since 2016, U.S. auto safety regulators have separately sent 33 special crash investigation teams to review Tesla crashes involving 11 deaths in which advanced driver assistance systems were suspected of being in use.
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US Agency Slams Brakes On Self-Driving EasyMile Shuttles After Passenger Injury
U.S. vehicle safety regulators on Tuesday said they had ordered a suspension of passenger operations for 16 autonomous shuttles operated by France-based EasyMile after a passenger was injured in an unexplained braking incident.
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US Agency Examining Sudden Acceleration Complaints Involving 500,000 Tesla Vehicles
The US government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicle models can suddenly accelerate on their own.
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US Auto Safety Agency to Investigate Fatal Tesla Crash in California
The fatal December 29 crash of a Tesla vehicle in Southern California will be investigated by the US government's auto safety regulator, the agency said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Talks With GM Over Deploying Self-Driving Cars Without Steering Wheels: Report
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is holding talks with General Motors Co on the automaker's petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles on American roads without steering wheels or other human controls, the head of the agency said.
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US To Test Mirrorless, Camera-Based Systems In Cars
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to test how drivers could use cameras to replace traditional rearview mirrors in automobiles, a technology already allowed in other countries, the agency said on Tuesday. The planned test by the agency known as NHTSA would examine "driving behaviour and lane change manoeuvre execution" i...
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Trump Administration Freezing Fuel Efficiency Penalties In The US
The Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements. Congress in 2015 ordered federal agencies to adjust a wide range of civil penalties to account for inflation and, in response, the Nat...
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Tesla Model 3 Scores 5-Star Rating In US' NHTSA Crash Test
The Tesla Model 3 sedan has been recently awarded a five-star rating in a crash test conducted by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The crash tests conducted by the auto safety agency are standard procedure for all cars sold in the United States.
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Tesla Model 3 Gets Five-Star Rating From US Auto Safety Agency
Tesla's Model X and Model S have previously both received the top rating in the past from the US NHTSA.
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US To Investigate Hyundai, Kia Cars After Airbag Failures In Fatal Car Crashes
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday it is opening a probe into why some airbags failed to deploy in Hyundai and Kia vehicles after crashes in which four people were reportedly killed and another six injured. The agency said it was reviewing 425,000 2012-2013 Kia Forte and 2011 Hyundai Sonata cars.
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US Regulators Open Probe Into Recall Of Nearly 1.7 Million Hyundai, Kia Vehicles
Acting after a Korean whistleblower reported concerns to the U.S. auto safety agency last year, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would review the timeliness of the engine recalls and whether the recall campaigns covered enough vehicles.
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Takata Failed To Report 2003 Air Bag Rupture To US Road Authority
Japanese air bag supplier Takata Corp said it failed to inform the US auto safety agency of a 2003 rupture of one of its air bag inflators in Switzerland, according to an internal Takata report released by US regulators on Friday.
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Tesla Autopilot Investigation Will Be Resolved, Could Make Announcement Soon, Says US Agency
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will resolve its two-year investigation into Tesla Autopilot and could make a public announcement soon, the agency's acting head told Reuters.
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Tesla Recalls 675,000 Cars In US, China
Tesla has recalled 675,000 cars in the United States and China over issues with the trunk and front hood of two models, raising new questions about the safety of the popular electric vehicle.
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Tesla Tops $1 Trillion in Market Value as Hertz Deal Fuels Latest Surge
Tesla became the latest US tech giant to hit $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 75,05,550 crore) in market value as investors cheered a large order from Hertz and shrugged off criticism from a US auto safety official.
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A life And Death Question For Regulators: Is Tesla's Autopilot Safe?
Since 2016, U.S. auto safety regulators have separately sent 33 special crash investigation teams to review Tesla crashes involving 11 deaths in which advanced driver assistance systems were suspected of being in use.
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US Agency Slams Brakes On Self-Driving EasyMile Shuttles After Passenger Injury
U.S. vehicle safety regulators on Tuesday said they had ordered a suspension of passenger operations for 16 autonomous shuttles operated by France-based EasyMile after a passenger was injured in an unexplained braking incident.
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US Agency Examining Sudden Acceleration Complaints Involving 500,000 Tesla Vehicles
The US government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicle models can suddenly accelerate on their own.
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US Auto Safety Agency to Investigate Fatal Tesla Crash in California
The fatal December 29 crash of a Tesla vehicle in Southern California will be investigated by the US government's auto safety regulator, the agency said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Talks With GM Over Deploying Self-Driving Cars Without Steering Wheels: Report
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is holding talks with General Motors Co on the automaker's petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles on American roads without steering wheels or other human controls, the head of the agency said.
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US To Test Mirrorless, Camera-Based Systems In Cars
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to test how drivers could use cameras to replace traditional rearview mirrors in automobiles, a technology already allowed in other countries, the agency said on Tuesday. The planned test by the agency known as NHTSA would examine "driving behaviour and lane change manoeuvre execution" i...
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Trump Administration Freezing Fuel Efficiency Penalties In The US
The Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements. Congress in 2015 ordered federal agencies to adjust a wide range of civil penalties to account for inflation and, in response, the Nat...
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Tesla Model 3 Scores 5-Star Rating In US' NHTSA Crash Test
The Tesla Model 3 sedan has been recently awarded a five-star rating in a crash test conducted by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The crash tests conducted by the auto safety agency are standard procedure for all cars sold in the United States.
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Tesla Model 3 Gets Five-Star Rating From US Auto Safety Agency
Tesla's Model X and Model S have previously both received the top rating in the past from the US NHTSA.
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US To Investigate Hyundai, Kia Cars After Airbag Failures In Fatal Car Crashes
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday it is opening a probe into why some airbags failed to deploy in Hyundai and Kia vehicles after crashes in which four people were reportedly killed and another six injured. The agency said it was reviewing 425,000 2012-2013 Kia Forte and 2011 Hyundai Sonata cars.
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US Regulators Open Probe Into Recall Of Nearly 1.7 Million Hyundai, Kia Vehicles
Acting after a Korean whistleblower reported concerns to the U.S. auto safety agency last year, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would review the timeliness of the engine recalls and whether the recall campaigns covered enough vehicles.
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Takata Failed To Report 2003 Air Bag Rupture To US Road Authority
Japanese air bag supplier Takata Corp said it failed to inform the US auto safety agency of a 2003 rupture of one of its air bag inflators in Switzerland, according to an internal Takata report released by US regulators on Friday.
