There’s another wrinkle in things. Even though General Motors and Ford charge a subscription fee for their hands-free driving ...
A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay $243 million over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida after a hacker sipping on a Venti-size hot chocolate at a local Starbucks uncovered key vehicle data ...
Tesla’s quiet experiment with a hidden driver-assist setting, widely dubbed “Elon mode,” has now escalated into a full-blown ...
A new insurance industry report is grading the major carmakers' assisted driving systems. The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted the study. It found that when it comes to ...
The wrongful death lawsuit accuses Tesla of advertising the feature in a way that overstates its capabilities.
A California judge ruled that Tesla misled consumers about the autonomous capabilities of its cars. The DMV gave Tesla 90 days to rename "Autopilot" or face a sales suspension in California. The ...
Two California lawsuits filed against Tesla as a result of crashes that the plaintiffs claimed were caused by cars’ out-of-control Autopilot driving have been settled out of court in recent days.
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Tesla currently offers a pair of so-called “level 2” partially automated driver assist systems. Autopilot is the older of ...