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California Approves Driverless Car Testing on Public Roads
Mar 2, 2018The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has approved driverless testing and public use rules for autonomous vehicles. The new rules, which will come into effect from April this year, no longer require a human driver at the wheel ...
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US House Passes Bill for Self-Driving Cars
Sep 8, 2017The US House has approved a proposal to accelerate the deployment of self-driving cars. The bill, known as the Self-Drive Act, is yet to become a law. When enacted, the law will enable auto-makers and tech companies to test 25,000 ...
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Training Documents Reveal More About Apple's Self-Driving Car Plans
Apr 24, 2017This month Apple received a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California roads, which suggested the company was moving forward with its self-driving car plans after months of speculation as to whether the project had been shelved. ...
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Maybe Apple's Self-Driving Car Project Isn't a Write-off After All?
Apr 17, 2017Months after the firm was thought to have cooled its 'Project Titan' automotive ambitions, Apple has received a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California roads. The Department of Motor Vehicles in the company’s home state ...
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Toyota Safety Sense-C System Now Standard on All Grades
Jan 17, 2017The Toyota Prius c is now coming with the Toyota Safety Sense C (TSS-C) driver-assist technologies on all model grades. The TSS-C system, which had been an option on two Prius c grades for 2016, includes Pre-Collision System, Lane ...
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Apple's Car Letter: What's It Driving at?
Dec 26, 2016Those hoping for another peep under the hood of Apple's mysterious car project are in luck. It's only a peep though. In a November letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a US government agency that sets and enforces ...
Tags: Apple, car project, letter
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Continental Voluntarily Recalls Certain Passenger Tires
Oct 24, 2016Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) announced a voluntary recall involving 14,567 passenger tires after discovering potential contamination to the belt package that occurred during the production process. This potential contamination may ...
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Tesla Motors Offers Two Low-Cost Model S Versions
Jun 12, 2016Electric car-maker Tesla Motors is introducing two low-cost versions of Model S Sedan, starting at $66,000 in US. The existing Model S starts about $76,000 and is delivered to customers at nearly $100,000. The rear-wheel drive Model ...
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FTC Sues Volkswagen for Cheating Consumers with Illegal Emission Devices
Apr 6, 2016US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
Tags: FTC, Federal Trade Commison, Volkswagen, Illegal emission devices
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Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Supports Drive Against Distracted Driving
Apr 5, 2016With increase in distracted driving, which is contributing to increase in motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is supporting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's ...
Tags: Property Casualty Insurers Association, NHTSA, Distracted Driving
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US Regulatory Body Removes Key Hurdle for Google's Self Driving Car
Feb 16, 2016The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has removed a key barrier for Google and other companies developing autonomous technologies saying that the computer that handles the car can be considered as drivers under the ...
Tags: self driving car, Google
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US Plans New Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Nov 27, 2015The US Federal transportation officials are planning to revise polices on self-driving cars and will release an update to the policies in the coming weeks. In 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued ...
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NHTSA Seeks Details From VW and Takata on Airbag Ruptures
Aug 19, 2015The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has sought details from automaker Volkswagen and Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata about the explosion of a side airbag in a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. Volkswagen was not ...
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Continental Announces a Voluntary Recall Program Involving 8,500 Passenger Vehicle Tires
Jul 21, 2015Continental has announced a voluntary recall program involving approximately 8,500 passenger vehicle tires. The tires involved in the recall are Continental ContiProContact 225/45 R17 91 H produced between February and May 2015 and sold ...
Tags: vehicle tires, auto accessories, tire
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GM Has Issued a Recall of 196,379 Older Hummer Suvs to Fix Issues
Jul 13, 2015General Motors (GM) has issued a recall of 196,379 older Hummer SUVs to fix issues in ventilation fan motor control, which could lead to fire hazard. The issue in the ventilation fan motor control can sett off fire and so far the issue ...
Tags: auto parts, General Motors, Hummer SUVs, auto accessories, Hummer HT3