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Tesla Autopilot investigation closed by NHTSA — but now a recall query looms

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But now, it is looking into the recall that Tesla rolled out in December to increase driver attentiveness. ” Tesla met with the NHTSA in Q4 2023 and rolled out a Defect Information Report equipped with a recall that was applicable to all Tesla vehicles. .” that there was insufficient data to make an assessment; 2.)

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NHTSA: Don't Bedazzle Your Steering Wheel

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Additionally, the Takata airbag recall, one of the most significant safety recalls of all time, is still adding new vehicles to its ranks several years after it was first announced. Jewels and other decorations obviously fall into this category, but they aren’t the only products that can become dangerous.

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Ford to spend $270 million to cure rearview digicam illness

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As a part of that motion, Ford is also recalling 2020-23 Lincoln Aviator, 2018-21 Lincoln Navigator, 2022-23 Ford Transit and 2021 Ford Bronco cars. The recall impacts greater than 169,000 cars within the U.S. Magna Electronics, a category of Canadian portions maker Magna World Inc., 25 to NHTSA. 25 to NHTSA.

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They Kept Your Car for How Long?

The Truth About Cars

This author has sadly fallen into the latter category more than once. Some news outlets north of the border have been atwitter about the apparent plight of an Audi customer , one who has allegedly been without their car for five months. Think about that for a second. Remember the old Honda tagline of “Don’t Open Your Hood to Strangers?”

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Tesla launches self-diagnostic feature in its App for painless service requests

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They also added a silent recall automatically to inspect the damper of the electric trunk. “Scheduling a service for certain categories triggers the diagnostics and informs you if a fault is present and if service is required,” he said. Also, next available appointment is next Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/dvgtOS6R83.

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You can lease a Toyota bZ4X for next to nothing right now

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It also faced a rocky launch with an early recall, though that has all been sorted out by now. Electrek’s Take This is certainly getting down into the “insane deal” category, even with my general distaste for how Toyota has managed the EV transition. Its first EV, the bZ4X, hasn’t been a huge success, perhaps due to focus on hybrids.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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Favorite periodicals Four newspapers daily ( The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, The Wall St. MIT didn’t have many graduate students at the time,” Zadeh recalled, “so it was fairly easy to get in, even though the University of Teheran had no track record.”. “No Whinnery recalls it slightly differently.