A cartoon prank suggests yes. Before we get into the very-serious issue of whether or not Tesla's Autopilot driver assistance system preemptively shuts itself off, ceding control back to the driver, ...

Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. One reason the company gave was that drivers kept crashing the cars.

The company practically needed to be dragged into making driver prompts and safety blurbs noting how the driver needs to pay attention more visible inside their cars. So, where does that leave the ...