Tag: Automotive
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Tesla Driver Died Using Autopilot, With Hands Off Steering Wheel
A week after crash, company says it recovered computer logs Driver received several visual, one audible ‘hands-on’ warning gruesome crash a week ago was using Autopilot and defended the safety record of its driver-assistance system that’s back under scrutiny following a fatality. Computer logs recovered from the Tesla driven by Wei Huang, 38, show he…
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Tesla Asks for Model 3 Factory Volunteers to Prove Haters Wrong
Some Model S and X workers may switch to Model 3 line Friday Reaching goal would be ‘incredible victory,’ executive says Elon Musk’s vision of building a mass-production electric-vehicle manufacturer. “I find that personally insulting, and you should too,” Field wrote in the March 23 email. “Let’s make them regret ever betting against us. You…
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Human Driver Could Have Avoided Fatal Uber Crash, Experts Say
Human driver may have avoided impact: forensic crash analysts Self-driving sensors should have detected victim, experts say Earlier: Picking Out the Pedestrian May Have Foiled Uber’s Robot Ride "Uber has to explain what happened," said Mike Ramsey, an analyst at researcher Gartner Inc. who focuses on autonomous driving technologies. "There’s only two possibilities: the sensors…
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Uber Halts Autonomous Car Tests After Fatal Crash in Arizona
First known pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle Incident may raise questions about safety of technology "Public safety is our top priority, and we are in communication with law enforcement, which is investigating the accident and gathering facts, as well as Uber," a spokesman for Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said. Uber has had incidents in…
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New Jersey Transits Hidden Danger: Bad Brakes, Bare Wires, Rotten Parts
Federal inspectors found scores of New Jersey Transit train cars riddled with fire risks, faulty brakes and electrical hazards as they scrutinized the troubled railroad that brings 95,000 workers to Manhattan daily. One engine was so defective it was declared unsafe, documents obtained under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act show. In some cases, NJ Transit’s…
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Japans Exports Grow 9% in December to Close Out Strong Year
Japan closed out its best year for exports since the financial crisis with solid growth again in December, as the global economic recovery looks set to continue well into 2018. Highlights The value of exports rose 9.3 percent in December from a year earlier (forecast +10 percent). Exports for the full year 2017 grew 11.8 percent, the most…
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Hauling a Christmas Tree in a Ferrari Is Totally Normal
Don’t ever let anyone tell you the GTC4Lusso isn’t a “real” Ferrari. The Ferrari GTC4Lusso is a special car. The four-seat hatchback combines sophisticated all-wheel-drive systems with spacious seating for four, plus a large trunk and 680-horsepower performance on a par with anything from Lamborghini and McLaren. This odd-ball hatchback can do zero to 62…
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Samsung launches $300M autonomous driving fund, puts $90M into TTTech
Not to be outpaced in the connected car market by other tech giants, today the world’s largest smartphone maker, Samsung, announced two major pieces of news to take its automotive strategy up a gear. It has launched the Samsung Automotive Innovation Fund, a $300 million fund to back startups and other interesting bets in the…
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