Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?
It’s not just you: American cars have gotten bigger. Over the past two decades, growing numbers of US buyers have turned in their sedans for SUVs and pickup trucks. And …
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Tesla Is Recalling Nearly All Vehicles Sold in US to Fix an Autopilot Fault
Tesla is recalling more than two million vehicles, nearly all of the vehicles it has sold in the US to date, to fix a flawed system designed to make sure …
Railroads Are Intimidating Their Own Safety Inspectors Into Silence
Photo: Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The railways of the United States were preparing for a strike last year. Unions had raised concerns about staffing, wages, and safety — concerns that went …
GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash
In August 2016, WIRED visited the San Francisco offices of a young startup recently snapped up by a surprising buyer. General Motors acquired three-year-old Cruise for a reported $1 billion …
GM’s Cruise Halts Self-Driving Operations Across the US After Regulator Safety Fears
Cruise, the self-driving arm of General Motors, said late today it had halted its robotaxi service across the US and would no longer operate its vehicles without safety drivers behind …
GM’s Cruise Loses Its Self-Driving License in San Francisco After a Robotaxi Dragged a Person
California has suspended driverless vehicles operated by the General Motors subsidiary Cruise in the city of San Francisco—just two months after the state began allowing the robotaxis to pick up …
Amazon’s AI-Powered Van Inspections Give It a Powerful New Data Feed
Amazon is splashing out on new vehicle inspectors to watch for damage or wear to its vast fleet of delivery vans—and they’re not human. The retailer is installing camera-studded inspection …
hyundai motor india: Hyundai Motor India says all its vehicles to come with 6 airbags
Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday said all its models in the country would now come with six airbags as standard. The automaker also announced that it has decided for voluntary …
What Are The Worst Highway Rest Stops In The World?
Photo: George Rose (Getty Images) Highway rest stops are a crucial part of long-distance car travel. As much as we would love to, we can’t drive forever. You have to …
A Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn in Massachusetts
Who owns the data created by cars: their owners, or the companies that built them? In 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved a law that began to answer that question. It …