US sends team to Detroit to investigate Tesla-semi crash
The U.S. government's highway safety agency is sending a team to Detroit to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer.
Mar 16, 2021
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Business
Opinion: The High Court of Australia's decision on electric vehicles will make charging for road use very difficult
The High Court of Australia's decision to invalidate Victoria's electric vehicle tax has been widely noted as a major judgment in the history of federal-state taxation powers.
Oct 23, 2023
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Do driverless cars feel safe? New report shows gradual introduction needed to build comfort among all road users
While self-driving vehicles (SDVs) are being hailed as a solution for safer, more efficient roads, new research suggests British Columbians are not quite ready to embrace self-driving cars wholeheartedly—and will need a ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Congress mandates new car technology to stop drunken driving
Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.
Nov 9, 2021
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Engineering
High-tech pavement markers support autonomous driving in tough conditions, remote areas
Self-driving electric vehicles still face steep hills on the road to reliability. Researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Western Michigan University are working together to drive solutions ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Fitting advanced driving assistance systems to all UK cars could prevent 24% of road crashes
Installing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) on all cars in the United Kingdom could reduce car crashes by 24%, researchers in Ireland and Luxembourg have found.
Nov 29, 2022
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Positive messages encourage safer driver behavior than fear tactics
A new study has shown that films demonstrating responsible behavior could lead to young drivers taking fewer risks on the road than if they only saw videos aimed at provoking fear of accidents.
Dec 15, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
A statistical model for ensuring children's safe and sound mobility
A research team led by Kojiro Matsuo, an associate professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering within the Toyohashi University of Technology, and Kosuke Miyazaki, a professor at the Department of Civil ...
Jan 5, 2023
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UK signals self-driving cars could hit road this year
Self-driving vehicles could hit the road this year on motorways in Britain, the government said Wednesday, under plans to permit motorists to temporarily take their hands off the wheel.
Apr 28, 2021
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Tesla shouldn't call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says
Tesla shouldn't be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can't drive themselves, the top U.S. transportation official says.
May 11, 2023
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