“There’s a real desire to move something successful here that does enable the long-term safe development and deployment of this technology,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. “I wouldn’t read the failure at the end of the last Congress as an indication something can’t get …
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Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, says the news is “disturbing, but unfortunately, not particularly surprising…When we see NHTSA having to issue a cease-and-desist letter to stop them from way overstating the safety features of their vehicle, it’s really unfortunate and it’s rather discouraging of how …
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Today the Center submitted formal comments to NHTSA regarding a proposed study of how drivers interact with ADAS. The Center strongly supports this research and commends NHTSA for proposing to undertake the study. The potential for ADAS, when they work as advertised, to save lives is clear. However, because drivers …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2018 Contact: Grace Garver, ggarver@autosafety.org, (202) 328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Petitions NHTSA to Begin Rulemaking to Immediately Mandate Submission of Safety Information by Companies Testing Self-Driving Technology on Public Roads The Center for Auto Safety—the nation’s premier independent non-profit consumer advocacy organization dedicated to …
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This opinion piece written by the Center’s Executive Director, Jason Levine, originally appeared in Axios. The internet connectivity built into most new vehicles enables all sorts of conveniences — news, entertainment, weather and even over-the-air software updates from the manufacturer. The downside: Connected cars are incredibly easy to hack. The …
Read More »The Issue Telsa has a long, rich history of deceptive advertising. Their very use of the term “autopilot” for semi-autonomous vehicles leads consumers to believe that Teslas have more self-driving capabilities than they actually do. When these same customers then relax at the wheel, accidents occur. To date, 3 Americans …
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Tesla is facing intense pressure to abandon the name “Autopilot” for its semi-autonomous driving technology following a series of crashes, at least one fatal, involving Tesla vehicles that were operating in that mode. “Tesla has repeatedly exaggerated the autonomous capabilities of its Autopilot technology, boosting sales at the expense of …
Read More »Uber’s and others’ potential liability for the death of a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., hit by a self-driving test vehicle raises complicated legal and data access questions. Local and federal investigations are just getting underway so the facts aren’t well understood yet in the Uber Technologies crash. But the quick …
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Center for Auto Safety Executive Director Jason Levine discusses a fatal driverless Uber crash on NBC Nightly News.
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Center for Auto Safety statement on DOT press release on voluntary industry agreement to equip new passenger vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB) by 2022: For years the Center for Auto Safety has been calling for all new vehicles to be required to have Automatic Emergency Braking. Today, DOT Secretary …
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