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Did you think Tesla could move past braking complaints just because it addressed the issue with the Model 3? Luxembourg certainly doesn’t. The European country’s testing and standards body ILNAS has put itself at odds with Tesla after conducting an unusually public emergency braking test (media outlets like Luremberg Wort got to watch) that compared […]
Shortly after Consumer Reports panned the Model 3 for its long stopping distance, Elon pushed a change through the ether to adjust the antilock algorithm. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b0ee5bb4d6a173444a518df/master/pass/Model-3—Interior-Dashboard—Head-On-(1).jpg
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider The Tesla Model 3 has earned Consumer Reports‘ “Recommended Buy” rating after an over-the-air software update improved the car’s braking performance. Earlier this month, CR revealed that the Model 3 required an abysmal 152 feet to stop from 60 mph. The software update cut that distance by 19 feet. A wireless update of […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety together announced data related to the number of cars sold in 2017 that featured automatic emergency braking systems. We can’t say it was especially surprising, but one truth seems to emerge: they are, perhaps obviously, far more common in brands that […]
Earlier this week we brought you a dash-cam video of a harrowing near-collision between a child who darted out into traffic on a busy country road and an approaching semi. It was thought to be an illustration of the effectiveness of Volvo‘s autonomous Automatic Emergency Braking technology. Turns out, the miraculous miss is down to […]
– As the saying goes, everything has its price, and that includes the 2018 Nissan Altima. Nissan has trimmed last year’s seven-model Altima lineup to five, ditching the base car as well as, at the other end of the spectrum, the V-6–powered 3.5 SR. The five Altima trim levels that remain haven’t changed much, but […]
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It found that the distance taken to bring a car travelling at 70mph to a halt is 27 yards more than the Code recommends. That means it takes six car lengths more than the 104 yards recommended by the Code. The study by the Transport Research Laboratory found that average thinking time when reacting to […]
(Reuters) — Big automakers are rushing to launch self-driving cars as early as 2021, but the industry’s major players are moving slowly when it comes to widespread deployment of a less expensive crash prevention technology that regulators say could prevent thousands of deaths and injuries every year. Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Thursday it […]
