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Feb 26, 2020

NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash

Tesla’s partially automated driving system steered an electric SUV into a concrete barrier on a Silicon Valley freeway because it was operating under conditions it couldn’t handle and because the driver likely was distracted by playing a game on his smartphone, the National Transportation Safety Board has found. The board made the determination this week […]

Feb 26, 2020

NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash

Tesla’s partially automated driving system steered an electric SUV into a concrete barrier on a Silicon Valley freeway because it was operating under conditions it couldn’t handle and because the driver likely was distracted by playing a game on his smartphone, the National Transportation Safety Board has found. The board made the determination this week […]

Nov 22, 2019

Tesla steers toward industry profit driver with a pickup

Tesla is aiming for the heart of the auto industry’s profit machine with its own version of the heavy pickup truck. Rolling onstage before a wall of lasers and flame on a California stage, the introduction of Tesla’s sharp-angled, stainless-steel “cybertruck” was not a quiet one. Nor was it without surprises. The vehicle, which Tesla […]

Nov 22, 2019

Tesla steers toward industry profit driver with a pickup

Tesla is aiming for the heart of the auto industry’s profit machine with its own version of the heavy pickup truck. Rolling onstage before a wall of lasers and flame on a California stage, the introduction of Tesla’s sharp-angled, stainless-steel “cybertruck” was not a quiet one. Nor was it without surprises. The vehicle, which Tesla […]

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