Tag: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Regulators Investigate Tesla Over Reports of ‘Phantom Braking’

Regulators Investigate Tesla Over Reports of ‘Phantom Braking’

The federal government’s main auto-safety regulator has opened a preliminary investigation into sudden braking by Tesla cars equipped with an…

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Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops

Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops

Tesla is recalling 54,000 cars equipped with its Full Self-Driving software to disable a feature that in certain conditions lets…

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Tesla Recalls More Than 475,000 Cars Over Two Safety Defects

Tesla Recalls More Than 475,000 Cars Over Two Safety Defects

Tesla has told federal regulators that it plans to recall more than 475,000 cars for two separate defects that could…

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Crash Test Dummies Made Cars Safer (for Average-Size Men)

Crash Test Dummies Made Cars Safer (for Average-Size Men)

“You’re not restricted by the design of the physical dummies. You can kind of replicate real fingers and so on.…

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Tesla Agrees to Stop Letting Drivers Play Video Games in Moving Cars

Tesla Agrees to Stop Letting Drivers Play Video Games in Moving Cars

Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the…

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A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars

A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars

Not long after buying a Tesla Model 3 this summer, Vince Patton saw a YouTube clip highlighting a feature that…

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