Hacker News with Generative AI: Car Safety

Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire (sfist.com)
The Highway Patrol’s investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.
Tesla, Cybertruck, Car Safety, Accidents, Fire
11 points by sccxy 21 days ago | 5 comments
Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows (sherwood.news)
A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto-crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands in the US.
Car Safety, Tesla, Automotive Industry, Data Analysis
19 points by mdhb 132 days ago | 3 comments
Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH (wired.com)
Automatic emergency braking is one of the great car safety-tech success stories.
Car Safety, Technology, Automotive Industry
33 points by LinuxBender 134 days ago | 91 comments
Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands, study finds (roadandtrack.com)
Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.
Tesla, Car Safety, Accidents, Automotive Industry, Data Analysis
308 points by MBCook 138 days ago | 427 comments
Death Rates by Vehicle Model (iihs.org)
Car Safety, Statistics, Vehicle Models
29 points by myroon5 207 days ago | 39 comments
Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them (economist.com)
Car Safety, Public Health, Transportation, United States
248 points by avyfain 214 days ago | 413 comments
Carmakers File Challenge to Parts of New Automatic-Braking Rule (wsj.com)
Car Safety, Regulations, Automotive Industry, Lawsuits
25 points by JumpCrisscross 282 days ago | 66 comments