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Tesla Autopilot Duped Into Thinking Trains Are Actually Big Cars

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Tesla Autopilot Duped Into Thinking Trains Are Actually Big Cars Elon Musk hates trains. We’ve long known this about the man, but it seems his cars don’t quite share the same animosity. In fact, they don’t see any difference between them and trains at all — to a Tesla, trains are just cars. Long, flat cars. Read more…

Jalopnik 384 2025-01-17

Family Blames Elon Musk’s Autopilot Lies For Son’s Death In New Lawsuit

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Family Blames Elon Musk’s Autopilot Lies For Son’s Death In New Lawsuit Could Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s casual relationship to the truth be his undoing? The world’s richest man is being blamed by family members for the death of a California man whose Model S crashed while Autopilot was engaged. They say claims made by Musk that self-driving technology was perfect and ready for road use… Read more…

Jalopnik 402 2024-12-12

Tesla is settling with the family of the Apple engineer who died in an Autopilot crash

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Tesla is settling with the family of the Apple engineer who died in an Autopilot crash Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThis week, Tesla was scheduled to appear in court to defend its Autopilot system against a claim of wrongful death — but it looks like the company will pay the family of Apple engineer Wei “Walter” Huang instead. Court documents show that Tesla is trying to seal the amount of a potential settlement payment…

The Verge 503 2024-04-19

Tesla is dragging Apple into its upcoming fatal Autopilot crash trial

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Tesla is dragging Apple into its upcoming fatal Autopilot crash trial Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTesla is going to court next week over the role its Autopilot system played in a fatal crash in 2018 — and it wants Apple to testify in its defense. Tesla wants to prove that Apple engineer Wei “Walter” Huang was playing a video game on his phone at the time his Autopilot-enabled Model X smashed into a saf…

The Verge 535 2024-04-09

Tesla Wins Autopilot Fatality Court Case By Arguing Human Error

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Tesla Wins Autopilot Fatality Court Case By Arguing Human Error Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 1, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

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LPT request: feel like I live on autopilot and can’t consciously control how to spend my time

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LPT request: feel like I live on autopilot and can’t consciously control how to spend my time I feel like I live on autopilot. Mindlessly scrolling through social media and doing everyday same to same things. Liking a series of dumb things and forgetting why I even liked them. Or clicking on a YouTube video and clicking more and more for an hour and forgetting what videos I even watched or why they were important. Then finally after hour…

Life Pro Tips 163 2023-09-03

Tesla scolded for hands-free Autopilot mode that could lead to ‘driver inattention’

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Tesla scolded for hands-free Autopilot mode that could lead to ‘driver inattention’ Image: Edie Leong for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesTesla is in trouble with the federal government. Again. A newly discovered version of Autopilot that allows drivers to operate the advanced driver-assist feature without applying any torque to the steering wheel — a long sought-after feature by Tesla drivers and one used by several other…

The Verge 202 2023-08-31

Tesla under investigation in California over Autopilot safety issues and false advertising

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Tesla under investigation in California over Autopilot safety issues and false advertising Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTesla is facing a new investigation with the California attorney general’s office looking into safety issues with the company’s Autopilot feature as well as its marketing practices, CNBC reported on Wednesday. The outlet was tipped off to the investigation by Tesla owner Greg Wester, who California Attorne…

The Verge 143 2023-07-27