The agency is investigating reports that electronic doors on one model couldn’t be opened from outside, trapping children or others inside.
Category: Traffic Accidents and Safety
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Tesla’s Lawyers File Motion to Throw Out $243 Million Verdict in Fatal Crash
The carmaker argued that the driver of a car that killed a woman and severely injured her boyfriend in 2019 was solely responsible.
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Brent Hinds, Lead Guitarist of Metal Band Mastodon, Dies in Motorcycle Crash
Mr. Hinds, 51, was found unresponsive late Wednesday after an S.U.V. appeared to slam into the motorcycle he was riding near downtown Atlanta, the authorities said.
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Driver Dies After Hitting a Moose Near Denali National Park in Alaska
The crash, near the park’s only vehicular entrance at about 1 a.m. on Friday, also injured a passenger.
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Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
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Tesla Driver Testifies Autopilot Failed to Prevent Fatal Crash
The driver gave testimony in a federal trial about Tesla’s role in a 2019 accident that killed a woman in Florida.
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Scotland’s North Coast 500 Draws Tourists, but at What Cost?
The North Coast 500 route through the country’s remote north has drawn millions of visitors to the Highlands. But the price, residents say, is being paid in trash, traffic jams and even deaths.
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Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Cars
The company has devoted resources to autonomous driving rather than developing new models to attract car buyers.
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Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin
The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.
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Tesla’s Robotaxi, Long Promised by Elon Musk, Joins a Crowded Field
Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, where other companies already have similar cars on the road.
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Yes, That 18-Wheeler on a Texas Highway Is Driving Itself
As the shipping industry struggles to recruit truck drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea.
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7 Killed in Crash Involving a Tour Van and a Pickup Near Yellowstone
The crash in eastern Idaho killed six people in a van who had been part of a tour group, as well as the driver of a pickup truck, the State Police said.