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Tesla’s remote parking feature under investigation after over a dozen crashes

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Tesla’s remote parking feature under investigation after over a dozen crashes Image: GettyThe National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Tesla’s “Actual Smart Summon” remote parking feature after several crash incidents were reported. NHTSA says it has received reports of 16 incidents involving Tesla’s smart summon feature in 2016-2025 Model S and X vehicles as well as 2017-2025 Model 3s a…

The Verge 442 2025-01-08

Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into California Warehouse

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Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into California Warehouse A light aircraft crashed into a warehouse in California on Thursday, killing two people and injuring a further 19. The aircraft hit the roof of a warehouse building in Orange County at around 2 p.m., sparking an explosion and fire at the scene. Read more…

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Portland Demands Something Be Done After Car Crashes Into House For 30th Time, Starts Gas Fire

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Portland Demands Something Be Done After Car Crashes Into House For 30th Time, Starts Gas Fire As part of our belief that hitting people with your cars is bad, Jalopnik maintains that hitting houses with your cars is also bad. People live in houses, and you should not hit them with your cars. Unfortunately for apartment residents in one Portland, Oregon building, someone didn’t get that memo and crashed into… Read more…

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Three Dead After Cybertruck Crashes, Bursts Into Flames

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Three Dead After Cybertruck Crashes, Bursts Into Flames Three people have died and another person is in hospital after a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and burst into flames in California in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The truck reportedly mounted a curb, smashed through a barrier and got wedged in between a tree and a wall before bursting into flames. Read more…

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These Are The Crashes That Will Haunt Racing Fans Forever

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These Are The Crashes That Will Haunt Racing Fans Forever It’s a commonly held belief that a significant contingent of racing fans follow the sport for the crashes. While there’s a certain visual appeal to fire and high-speed destruction, all that goes away when you realize that another human being isn’t walking away from the wreck because they’re either seriously injured or… Read more…

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EV Rentals Failed Due To Crashes, Parts Delays And Poor Charging

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EV Rentals Failed Due To Crashes, Parts Delays And Poor Charging Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 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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Travis Pastrana Puts On Show And Crashes Subaru GL ‘Family Huckster’ During Goodwood Run

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Travis Pastrana Puts On Show And Crashes Subaru GL ‘Family Huckster’ During Goodwood Run Travis Pastrana put on a show with the Hoonigan Huckster on the storied hillclimb at last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, but his run ended with the extensively modified 1983 Subaru GL Wagon in a haybale. The event’s traditional climax is the timed shootout. While victory carries some prestige, it’s not really… Read more…

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Lotus Immediately Crashes Its 2,000-HP Evija X Prototype At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

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Lotus Immediately Crashes Its 2,000-HP Evija X Prototype At Goodwood Festival Of Speed The time-attack-slanted all-electric Lotus Evija X prototype crashed directly into the wall on driver’s right as it was leaving the start line for a run up the hill at Goodwood on Thursday. The racer, based on Lotus’ electric hypercar, features nearly 2,000 horsepower, sticky racing slick tires, and enough downforce… Read more…

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WRC Star Crashes Out Of Home Rally In Spectacular Fashion

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WRC Star Crashes Out Of Home Rally In Spectacular Fashion Rally Estonia might have been dropped from the FIA World Rally Championship schedule this year, but the country’s biggest star still decided to show up last weekend. Ott Tänak entered the event in the national class with the 2019 World Rally Champion and was the easy favorite to win. However, his rally ended with an… Read more…

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USMNT crashes out of Copa with loss to Uruguay

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USMNT crashes out of Copa with loss to Uruguay The USMNT crashed out of the Copa América on home soil at the group stage after a controversial 1-0 loss to Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, Monday.

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Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a telephone pole

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Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a telephone pole Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeWaymo is issuing a voluntary software recall after one of its driverless vehicles collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, the company said. The vehicle was damaged, but no passengers or bystanders were hurt in the incident. The company is filing the recall with the National Highway Traffi…

The Verge 818 2024-06-12

Cybertruck Crashes Into Crowd After Failing To Do Reverse Donuts

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Cybertruck Crashes Into Crowd After Failing To Do Reverse Donuts It was only a matter of time before someone in a Tesla Cybertruck crashed into a crowd at a sideshow. While attempting to do some sort of reverse donut thing (I think) at a gathering in Chicago, a dark copper-wrapped Cybertruck backed right into a crowd of onlookers as a coupe of people hung out the window of the… Read more…

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