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Tesla Model Y without radar gets the ultimate Forward Collision and Auto-Braking stress test

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In an attempt to transition to a camera-based approach for its cars, a plan that Tesla set out many months ago , the automaker chose its two mass-market vehicles as the guinea pigs to accumulate data for future use. The Model S and Model X are keeping radar, but only for a short time.

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Consumer Reports calls on Tesla to disable and update auto steering function, remove “Autopilot” name

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Consumers should never be guinea pigs for vehicle safety ‘beta’ programs. A coalition of auto safety advocates earlier this week called on President Obama to stop his “administration’s undue haste to get autonomous vehicle technology to the road” until enforceable safety standards are in place.

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GM expected to outline spending cuts on self-driving unit Cruise

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Barclays auto analyst Dan Levy thinks will be front and center in the minds of investors keeping tabs on the announcements this week. This has been a big theme this year in auto; everyone has had to step back from the euphoria.” “We don’t see a path to profit, but we do see they will burn a lot of cash trying.

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Copper under pressure from climbing dollar – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Elsewhere, aluminium was supported by worries about supplies of feedstock alumina after a blast last month damaged fuel stocks at the main terminal in Guinea, the world’s third-largest producer of alumina raw material bauxite. However, aluminium stocks in LME-approved warehouses have risen 28% to 566,375 tons since Dec.

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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

Baua Electric

As we bumped along, I wondered what it was like to bring, say, a passel of guinea pigs from Colombia to Puerto Rico in the bottom of a wide canoe. The post An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. None of these materials arrived by accident.

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What went so horribly wrong with California’s e-bike incentive program?

Baua Electric

CARB staff have reportedly claimed that 80 applications have been received as part of the soft launch, though no one is sure how they can become one of the lucky guinea pigs testing the program’s voucher system. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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First seen Cybertruck charging curve disappoints, but is that the whole story?

Baua Electric

In this case, the owner in question is also a Tesla employee, and Tesla is even more willing to use employees as guinea pigs on new vehicles. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. The post First seen Cybertruck charging curve disappoints, but is that the whole story?