NHTSA News
More Incidents Found in Safety Probe of Waymo Self-Driving Vehicles
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it has learned of nine additional incidents that raise concerns about the performance of Alphabet's Waymo self-driving vehicles. ...
AEB Rule on All New U.S. Vehicles Beginning 2029 Finalized
A new regulation from the National Highway Traffic Administration requires automatic emergency braking (AEB) on all new passenger vehicles by September 2029. Though the final rule is a step forward ...
Waymo’s Automated Driving Technology Under Investigation
The U.S. government's highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo's self-driving vehicles. The National Highway Traffic ...
NHTSA Seeks to Know How Tesla Developed, Verified Autopilot Recall
Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company's Autopilot partially automated ...
Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Will Be Required on All New Cars in the U.S. by 2029
Nearly all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems by September 2029, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
Auto Safety Agency Probes Tesla Recall of 2M Vehicles Over Autopilot Concerns
U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is ...
NHTSA Upgrades Probe of Braking Issue on 3M Honda Accords, CR-Vs
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday it had upgraded its probe into reports of unexpected activation of automatic emergency braking systems in around 3 ...
Ford Recall of 43,000 SUVs Due to Fire Risk Won’t Remedy Gas Leaks
Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 small SUVs because gasoline can leak from the fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces, increasing the risk of fires. But the recall remedy does not include repairing ...