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NHTSA Agrees With Tesla & Increases Fines For Automakers Not Meeting Fuel Economy Rules

March 31, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, Electric vehicles, fuel economy standards, nhtsa, tesla, us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:59:03 +0000

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up, Reuters reports. The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions […]

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Tesla Issues An OTA “Recall” For 947 Vehicles

March 26, 2022 admin cars, national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), nhtsa, tesla, tesla recalls

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 […]

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NHTSA: Self-Driving Vehicles No Longer Need Human Controls

March 13, 2022 admin autonomous vehicles, national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), nhtsa, Pete Buttigieg, policy & politics

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 […]

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The NHTSA Is Being Petty With Tesla Again

February 16, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nhtsa, recalls, tesla, tesla recalls

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:54:34 +0000

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) showed its distaste for Tesla’s Boombox feature. The agency posted a new Safety Recall Notice for 578,607 Tesla vehicles over the serious problem of which sounds pedestrians hear coming from a Tesla. The NHTSA doesn’t like the idea of cars farting at pedestrians. Teslarati noted that […]

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Many Are Grasping At Straws With Latest Faux Tesla “Recall”

February 5, 2022 admin autonomous vehicles, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nhtsa, recalls, tesla, tesla fsd beta, tesla full self-driving, tesla recalls

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:30:05 +0000

Many people — media and talking heads, especially — are grasping at straws with the most recent so-called “recall.” Headlines such as “Tesla recalls 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs” and claims that Tesla is programming vehicles to perform illegal activities are an incredible stretch. This is one reason why what Elon Musk recently […]

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Tesla Is Cutting Millions Of Tons Of CO2 Pollution, & Threatening A Multi-Trillion-Dollar Industry

January 22, 2020 admin air quality, carbon impact, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, nhtsa, Oil, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, tesla, tesla short sellers

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:31:12 +0000

Tesla indicates there has been no “unintended acceleration” in its vehicles (aside from unintended acceleration caused by the drivers accidentally stepping on the accelerator pedal, which happens occasionally in all vehicles). However, something else destructive might have been intended by unintended acceleration claims, and not by Tesla

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Tesla Responds To “Sudden Unintended Acceleration” Petition To NHTSA

January 21, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nhtsa, policy & politics, sudden unintended acceleration, tesla, tesla short sellers, tesla stock, tesla sudden unintended acceleration

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:44:23 +0000

Tesla responded to reports of sudden unintended acceleration involving its cars in a blog post January 20.

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That NHTSA Tesla “Sudden Unintended Acceleration” Petition? Created By A TSLA Short Seller Who Doesn’t Own A Tesla

January 19, 2020 admin autonomous vehicles, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, investment, nhtsa, sudden unintended acceleration, tesla, tesla short sellers, tesla stock, tesla sudden unintended acceleration

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 06:11:31 +0000

First of all, I’ll say that I think we f***ed up by publishing an article on this topic that lacked important context and included misleading framing. I think that stemmed from trusting the reporting of a couple of normally good and thorough publications, and also from not digging deeply enough into the story independently

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NHTSA Petition Filed Regarding “Sudden Unintended Acceleration” Claims Regarding Tesla Vehicles

January 18, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nhtsa, sudden unintended acceleration, tesla

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:46:22 +0000

A petition has been filed with NHTSA asking every Tesla sold in the US since 2013 be recalled due to the possibility it could accelerate suddenly, leading to a serious accident. Readers should be aware that NHTSA has taken no action on the petition yet. We do not know who filed the petition or if there is an agenda behind it

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NHTSA Investigating Sudden Acceleration Issue Potentially Affecting All Tesla Vehicles

January 18, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nhtsa, sudden unintended acceleration, tesla

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:46:22 +0000