Hacker News with Generative AI: Automotive Safety

Xiaomi Car with Driver Assistance Crashes, Three Reported Dead (bloomberg.com)
Xiaomi Corp. confirmed that one of its SU7 electric vehicles was involved in an accident on an expressway in China. Local media reported that three people died in the incident that’s likely to spark scrutiny over the smart driving software deployed in many of today’s cars.

Automotive Safety, Electric Vehicles, China, Accidents

32 points by xqcgrek2 2 days ago | 82 comments

US safety regulators expand Ford hands-free driving tech investigation (techcrunch.com)
A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued.

Automotive Safety, Self-Driving Cars, Ford, Technology, Regulation

14 points by ipster_io 72 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Recalls 700k Vehicles over Tire Pressure Warning Failure (newsweek.com)
Tesla is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a malfunction in the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that could fail to alert drivers to low tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

10 points by doener 103 days ago | 5 comments

Teslas Are Involved in More Fatal Accidents Than Any Other Brand, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk has sought to portray Tesla’s vehicles as the “safest cars on the road.” However, a new analysis of federal data purports to show that Musk’s company actually has the highest rate of involvement with fatal accidents of any car brand.

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Data Analysis, Accidents

37 points by doener 131 days ago | 24 comments

Tesla Has Highest Rate Of Deadly Accidents Among Car Brands (rollingstone.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Car Accidents

8 points by belter 131 days ago | 10 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls, Data Analysis

6 points by CharlesW 139 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla Using 'Full Self-Driving' Hits Deer Without Slowing, Doesn't Stop (jalopnik.com)
Tesla’s approach to automotive autonomy is a unique one: Rather than using pesky sensors, which cost money, the company has instead decided to rely only on the output from the car’s cameras. Its computers analyze every pixel, crunch through tons of data, and then apparently decide to just plow into deer and keep on trucking.

Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Automotive Safety

29 points by harambae 155 days ago | 1 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls

15 points by pjmlp 190 days ago | 5 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls, Data Analysis

7 points by LinuxBender 190 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla and NHTSA withhold data on Autopilot crashes, report suggests (hindustantimes.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Data Privacy, Government Regulation, Autonomous Vehicles

6 points by cempaka 235 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla recalls 1.8M cars because their hoods can open while driving (arstechnica.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

20 points by LinuxBender 246 days ago | 25 comments

Tesla recalls 1.8M cars because their hoods can open while driving (arstechnica.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

14 points by notamy 246 days ago | 10 comments

The Autopilot Data That Reveals Why Teslas Crash (wsj.com)