THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
The government has closed its investigation into a fatal crash between a Tesla on AutoPilot and a tractor-trailer that raised questions about the safety of autonomous vehicles, and the report offers a number of insights into the advanced driver assist technologies on the path to “self-driving” vehicles.
The update comes in response to a “white hat” hacking report and demonstration by cybersecurity specialists working for a lab in China.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary probe into how the car’s automated driving systems performed.
A Tesla Model S sedan can travel nearly 300 miles on a single charge, which is almost triple that of the nearest competitor, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The global recall covers 90,000 electric-powered luxury sedans.
Three drivers broke a transcontinental record using Tesla's Autopilot technology as part of a team sponsored by fleet tracking company GPS Insight.
The suite of features relies on four different feedback modules: camera, radar, ultrasonics and GPS.
A pair of researchers hacked a Tesla Model S battery-electric vehicle to test its security capabilities, although Tesla has distributed a security patch to all Model S owners, Wired reported.
Tesla Motors is adding a new Model S sedan with "ludicrous mode" that allows the vehicle to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds, CEO Elon Musk has announced.
With half of 2015 in the books, Tesla Motors is less than 40 percent toward meeting its full-year goal of delivering 55,000 vehicles this year.