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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

And they did, and it did a lot of really bad things; it ran red lights. O’Dowd: I was in a [Tesla] car, as a passenger, testing on a country road, and a BMW approached. And Tesla still maintains that FSD will not blow past a school bus with its lights flashing and stop sign extended, and it will not hit a child crossing the road.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

Green Car Congress

The integration of DSRC communications (specified by SAE Hybrid/DSCR committees) allows WPT increased interconnect ability over present conductive communications with V2Infrastructure assisting in location of available chargers, an automated secure charging and billing and options such as connectivity with smart grid. Source: J2954.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

Green Car Congress

10 11 kg with no size changes)—the equivalent to adding three to ten coal-fired power plants to the electricity grid each year. Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks. 10 11 –5.17×10 Potential incentives for.

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