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Many beginning drivers have vehicles that don't protect well in crashes, a survey of parents of teens finds.

In a story May 14 about the crash of a Tesla electric car, The Associated Press reported that the driver had the vehicle's semi-autonomous Autopilot mode engaged when she slammed into the back of a Utah fire truck over the weekend.

Not exact matches

Drivers in California will have access to GM's all - electric vehicles, in addition to standard cars such as Buick Regal or Chevrolet Impala.

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Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

Autonomously - driving vehicles could help give ride - sharing companies access to customers they otherwise couldn't reach — without Lyft or Uber having to worry about drivers getting enough work to make it worth their while.

So even as Tesla woos middle - class buyers in the U.S. (the Model 3, due to arrive this fall, will start at about $ 35,000) buyers in China have mostly resembled Vanessa Zhu: wealthy drivers who view Teslas as luxury vehicles, or at least as the coolest new piece of tech since the iPhone.

While your drivers will be at your service for the accounts and contracts you retain, the pressure is on to have no down time because you're paying for those drivers and those vehicles whether you're using them or not.

Instead, the delivery vehicles will have drivers, but they will be limited in what they can do so that it imitates a driverless car.

Last month, a bill that would cap the number of for - hire vehicles given permits — including the cars of people who drive for Uber and Lyft — was defeated after vocal protests by Uber drivers and its supporters.

Uber last fall shut down a vehicle leasing business targeting their drivers when the company found it lost $ 9000 per car rather than the $ 500 it has estimated.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the car rental service has a fleet of 2,000 vehicles, 10 percent of them hybrids, available to drivers from Toronto to Minneapolis to Boston and Washington, D.C..

Customers will be able to call cars with a special app at any time of day, and each vehicle will have a safety driver behind the wheel.

The NTSB said Tesla could have taken further steps to prevent the system's misuse, and faulted the driver for not paying attention and for «overreliance on vehicle automation.»

Tesla's vehicles already can assist drivers with highway driving, and the company has said its goal is for its cars to be fully autonomous by the end of this year.

About 87 % of the deaths and injuries might have been prevented or lessened if vehicles had a collision avoidance system — because they were linked to driver inattention, researchers found.

Tesla has been in a precarious position of late: In March, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed it was investigating a fatal California crash involving the driver of a Tesla vehicle; the company's stock subsequently tumbled to a 14 - month low.

In - vehicle video ads: Companies like Go Vugo have been around for a couple years but haven't quite gained a foothold with the driver community.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

On Tuesday, Fortune reported that Elon Musk and Tesla Motors (tsla) may have withheld a material fact from shareholders when it failed to disclose that a driver had died using the semi-self driving «autopilot» feature in one of the company's vehicles.

The driver had about five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider with the crushed crash attenuator, but the vehicle logs show that no action was taken.»

Questions over who is in charge of a vehicle require trucks to have a driver present, even while it operates in self - driving mode.

The rule would require official agreements between vehicle dispatchers before allowing drivers to leave on assignments from an unaffiliated base, possibly a rival.

The Licensed Taxi Drivers» Association (LTDA) had contended that Uber vehicles used taximeters and were therefore breaking the law.

Uber launched a program in November 2013 to arrange manufacturer discounts and lenders for prospective drivers who lacked cars in the hopes it would boost vehicles driving for the app - based service.

Only drivers who have undergone thorough training are allowed to use one in their vehicles.

Until now, «early riders» who have hailed their self - driving minivan using an app have always had a human test driver in the vehicle.

Analysts» opinions vary greatly over how much influence electric vehicles will have on drivers and automakers.

In 2015, the company's test drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate of 0.8 times per 1,000 miles in California.

In other words, self - driving vehicles would lead to fewer crashes, so human drivers wouldn't have to spend as much on car insurance.

But the vehicles have always had a human test driver behind the wheel.

Industry insiders, or anyone tracking the company's recent moves, likely have predicted the company would pull human test drivers out of its vehicles before the end of 2017.

And Volvo will use the same vehicle for its own autonomous driving project, which is based on a plan that still envisages having a driver in the car.

Last week, GM filed a petition with NHTSA requesting an exemption to have a small number of autonomous vehicles operate in a ride - share program without steering wheels or human drivers.

Roadie, the first on - the - way delivery network, puts unused capacity into passenger vehicles to work by connecting people who have items they need to send with drivers headed to the same destination.

For the record, a quick list of things that need to be done: Sell or rent your current house, find your new home, squat in temporary accommodation in between, pack and move, close out old utilities, set - up new utilities, update your health insurance and driver's license, ditto with banking and vehicle registration, deliver said vehicle to new location, ensure spouse and children have jobs and school / daycare placements, find childcare in between if necessary, settle everyone in.

The law followed now - familiar protests from traditional taxi firms, furious at the competition posed by services such as Uber, which do not adhere to the same licensing standards and can offer lower prices by having drivers bear the costs of their vehicles.

And states that allow companies to test self - driving vehicles require them, as with human drivers, to have insurance.

All three vehicles in each convoy will still have a driver in the cabin — but it's a significant step forward in efforts to test autonomous driving technology on British roads.

It would mean that between the end of the year and around 2019, Tesla could have a level 4 autonomous system enabled in second generation cars — meaning the vehicles can drive themselves without a driver as backup, but not in all conditions or environment.

Uber hosted a «jobs event» for prospective and current drivers to showcase how many New York residents» jobs would be cut if the vehicle cut were to take effect, and also ran TV ads, bought banner ads on websites, sent out direct mailers to constituents of City Council members who are proponents of the proposed legislation, and even reportedly tried to persuade the Rev. Al Sharpton to oppose the for - hire - vehicle cap.

Passengers would be allowed to ride in autonomous vehicles in California — sometimes without drivers — under a pilot program proposed Friday by state...

In an announcement on Wednesday, EDI stated that the Model X would be part of its Platinum Driving Course, a set of lessons aimed at training student drivers in the operation of high - performance, luxury vehicles.

On Friday, Tesla said the driver had not heeded several visual and audible warnings to put his hands on the steering wheel before his Model X sport utility vehicle hit a concrete barrier.

«Looking ahead, we've incorporated enhancements on both the driver's and passenger's side for vehicles built on Toyota's new TNGA platforms, beginning with the 2016 Prius,» said Steve Curtis, a Toyota spokesperson.

Tesla Motors, however, has repeatedly said that drivers should remain alert and ready to take control of their vehicle at all times while Autopilot mode is engaged.

Tesla plans to provide parking garages in New York City with chargers for their electric cars to cater to the city dwelling driver that may not have access to their own garage to recharge their vehicle.

Since November 2008, multiple automakers including Honda, Toyota Motor Corp and BMW have recalled around 12.3 million vehicles globally due to Takata's driver - side and passenger - side air bag inflators that could explode.

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Semiconductor manufacturers are clawing to become the core drivers of the autonomous vehicle industry, and three have emerged at the vanguard.