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What A Difference A Word Makes: Tesla Removes 'Autopilot' From Its Chinese Website
Monday, August 15, 2016 - 9:57am | 358Read More...A Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) driver in China crashed his car in early August while making use of the autopilot feature. While the crash was not fatal, it did mark the first accident involving a self-driving vehicle in the country. The crash occurred on a highway near the city of Beijing and a...
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Trucks, Mass Transportation And Autopilot: Tesla's 'Master Plan Part Deux'
Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 7:51am | 557Read More...Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk promised investors on July 11 he will reveal details of a new "top secret Tesla masterplan." On Thursday. he followed up and delivered the details in a blog post. Musk's plan is a continuation of the first "master plan" he...
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Adam Jonas Defends Tesla, But Says Autopilot Could Be A 'Potential Moral Hazard'
Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 9:38am | 312Read More...Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley commented on Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s autopilot feature and the surrounding controversy involving the death of a Model S owner. According to Jonas, it's only natural that the number of fatalities linked to a Tesla vehicle rises with the size of...
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Tesla's Autopilot Creates A 'False Sense Of Security,' Says Consumer Reports
Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 8:50am | 381Read More...Auto drivers aren't simply ready to handle autonomous driving features, according to Consumer Reports. The firm singled out Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and its autopilot feature that has been linked to several crashes, one of which resulted in the death of a Model S owner. Consumer...
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Even Staunch Supporters Of Tesla's Autopilot Find Recent Events Troublesome
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 8:40am | 411Read More...Autonomous and self-driving cars are in the very early stages of adoption and many users are making a grave, and in at least one case deadly, decision to let the computer do all the driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently investigating what could be the...
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Tesla Under Pressure Again Following Report Of Pennsylvania Model X Autopilot Crash
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 9:05am | 247Read More...Shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) were under heavy selling pressure on Friday after the company's autopilot feature was linked to the death of a Model S owner. On Wednesday, news reports of another accident linked to Tesla's autopilot feature surfaced. According to the Detroit Free Press,...
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Despite Claims That A Tesla Model X Crashed Itself In Autopilot, It Was Probably Human Error
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 10:34am | 288Read More...Puzant Ozbag is the owner of a Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) vehicle, which he claims went out of control while in self-driving mode and crashed into a wall. Ozbag detailed his story on Tesla's online forum. He said his 5-day old Tesla Model X SUV "suddenly and unexpectedly...








