NHTSA said it is opening a preliminary evaluation into Tesla's Actually Smart Summon feature over reports of four crashes involving Tesla vehicles. The vehicles failed to detect posts or parked ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is charged with establishing safety and fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and promoting overall highway traffic safety.

The NHTSA opened the probe on Monday after receiving four reports of crashes caused by either Tesla's Smart Summon or Actually Smart Summon features. According to the NHTSA, both features "allow a ...

NHTSA set out to determine if the automated driving system in the vehicle took appropriate caution to avoid pedestrians. In the wake of the second accident, in which a Cruise vehicle dragged a ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded its investigation into Ford’s BlueCruise driver-assist system. Significantly, NHTSA has moved to an engineering analysis ...

In closing the probe, NHTSA cited Cruise’s decision to recall its driving system software and noted that the company has since ceased operating on public roads. The agency said in a document ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. NHTSA is opening a preliminary evaluation into the Actually Smart Summon feature and will then decide whether to update the probe to an ...

President Trump’s nominee for head of the Department of Transport, Sean Duffy, has signaled imposing potential extra fees for electric vehicles and said that he plans to let NHTSA continue its ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday that it has closed its one-year-old probe into General Motors Co.’s GM Cruise robotaxis in light of the company ...

“In each of the five pedestrian collision incidents, the Cruise vehicle took avoiding action but was unable to avoid a collision,” according to NHTSA. Cruise filed a safety recall in November ...

“In each of the five pedestrian collision incidents, the Cruise vehicle took avoiding action but was unable to avoid a collision,” according to NHTSA. Cruise filed a safety recall in November ...

The NHTSA has now opened an investigation to see why Tesla ASS crashed at least 16 vehicles. Over the years, the Actually Smart Summon name stuck, mostly because of its acronym (ASS). People ...