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Ford’s Level 3 driver-assist feature won’t be able to handle busy city streets anytime soon

Daisy May 22, 2023

BlueCruise, Ford’s hands-free driver-assist system, will be available in 500,000 vehicles by 2024. And a Level 3 system, which is also called conditional or unsupervised autonomy, will be first available in Ford’s next-generation EVs.…

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Nikola will offer a driver-assist system for its trucks starting next year

Daisy Feb 23, 2023

Nikola Motor Company Two truckSource: Nikola Motor CompanyNikola will begin offering an advanced driver-assist system on its electric heavy trucks starting late next year, the company said Wednesday.The system, made by Plus and called…

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U.S. safety agency says Tesla accounts for most driver-assist crashes, but warns data lacks context

Daisy Jun 15, 2022

The NTSB released this image of a 2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Dual Motor electric car that was involved in a fatal accident near Miami that killed two people on Sept. 13, 2021.NTSBTesla vehicles have accounted for nearly 70% of reported…

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Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Technology Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, U.S. Data Shows

Daisy Jun 15, 2022

Over the course of 10 months, nearly 400 car crashes in the United States involved advanced driver-assistance technologies, the federal government’s top auto-safety regulator disclosed Wednesday, in its first-ever release of large-scale…