Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:13:07 +0000
NHTSA has initiated a recall for Tesla Full Self Driving software that lists 4 specific areas of concern. An OTA is expected on April 15.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:23:34 +0000
Quite surprisingly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently started collecting somewhat broad data on automobile accidents involving SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) — driver-assist technology like cruise control, lane keeping, and automatic lane changing. The first report on the collected data was published last month. Immediately, a rather shocking figure […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:41:11 +0000
Last week, a report at the Wall Street Journal said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, or “Nitz Uh”) is going to release safety data on automated driving systems this month. Specifically, it’s going to be data they started collecting last year. NHTSA Data Collection Under last year’s “standing general order” (no, not […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:40:08 +0000
This is a condensed, online version of the report. Access to all figures and full report are available through download of the PDF. Ten years ago, the Obama administration set strong standards for global warming emissions and fuel economy for new passenger cars and trucks, aiming to double efficiency by model year (MY) 2025 (EPA and […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:49:11 +0000
Tesla has issued an over-the-air (OTA) update “recall” for 947 vehicles in the US, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports. The update will solve the possible problem of the rearview image not immediately displaying when the vehicle begins to reverse. Tesla informed the NHTSA that the “recall” covers some of its 2018–2019 Model […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:39:21 +0000
Tesla’s vehicles have been setting the standards for traditional automakers in a handful of ways — the latest being the onset of a centralized touchscreen instead of buttons. Despite some recent regulator concerns over what activities the screen can be used for, several automakers have already been or are now putting out vehicles with a similarly-styled […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:38:25 +0000
The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022. According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:51:56 +0000
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued final rules that eliminate the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards, Reuters reports. In other words, there’s no need for autonomous vehicles to have steering wheels, pedals, or other human controls if they are […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:38:25 +0000
The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022. According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the […]