A Tesla Model 3 owner is thanking Tesla’s Autopilot for slowing down and safely avoiding an accident along I-10 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday. Model 3 Owner William Sellers was driving with the software engaged. when unexpectedly, a driver pulled out directly in front of him. “#FSDBeta reacted well and safely slowed, avoiding an…
Tesla Owners Club of East Bay cofounder Wilmer Awayan teamed up with the local media to simulate an accident with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta engaged. The club shared behind-the-scenes videos and photos on Twitter. On Thanksgiving Day, the owner of a 2021 Tesla Model S claimed that his vehicle was operating with Tesla’s FSD Beta…
Electric vehicles are fundamentally different than combustion-powered cars. They don’t pollute the air when they operate, they’re very quiet, and they tend to have impressive performance. They are also heavy, thanks to their battery packs. This is true for most of the market’s most notable EVs, which have a range of about 300 miles or…
It’s been over ten years since the Tesla Model S was released, but the all-electric vehicle is still setting the benchmark for safety among its peers. This was recently highlighted in the Euro NCAP’s list of “Best in Class” cars for 2022, which included the Model S sedan and the Model Y crossover. As noted…
Tesla Autopilot safety improved in terms of accident data from Q2 to Q3, company data shows. Tesla’s latest Vehicle Safety Report revealed a decline in accidents per million miles driven with Autopilot engaged compared to the previous quarter. Tesla vehicles operating on Autopilot registered one crash for every 6.26 million miles driven. This was an improvement from…
Tesla’s planned removal of the “steering wheel nag” that reminds drivers to hold the steering wheel while using the Full Self-Driving suite has gained the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) attention. On December 31, @WholeMarsBlog suggested to CEO Elon Musk that, “Users with more than 10,000 miles on FSD Beta should be given the…
Tesla drivers who are inattentive during the operation of the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite will have a different penalty than they did previously. Tesla drivers will now lose access to the company’s Full Self-Driving Beta program for “approximately two weeks” if they do not keep the vehicle detects inattentiveness from the operator. Tesla writes in its…
Mercedes-Benz has announced a series of updates coming to its autonomous driving offerings in North America and many other key software updates. Mercedes has slowly become a leader in autonomous driving and vehicle software, along with the likes of Tesla. And while its far more conservative approach to software introduction has meant that fewer of its…
A Tesla owner recently critiqued the performance of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving after the conclusion of a 6,400-mile trip across the United States. According to the driver, more than 99 percent of the trip was driven utilizing Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving functions, with the critiques showing the automaker’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of how both…
Volvo has acquired Zenseact, an autonomous driving hardware and software supplier. While many automakers now view autonomous driving products as the auto industry’s future, recent history has shown that it can be a highly volatile market. A month ago, Ford was forced to divest from its autonomous vehicle company after struggling with profitability. Now Volvo hopes to…