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Podcast Archive
Our podcast discusses auto safety issues and technological developments, in hopes of providing consumers and enthusiasts with a better understanding of modern vehicles, safety systems, and current issues in the industry.
Your mileage may vary
California is proposing a bill to alert drivers to their speeding. Anthony suggests automatic tickets. Elon doesn’t understand data or is flat out lying about the safety of Autopilot. Remote controlled trains remind us of GM Cruise. Miles per Gallon is not as helpful a measure as gallons per 100 miles and we discuss why…
AI Hype Machine, Drunk AVs and Space Dogs
Artificial Intelligence is the pet rock of today… if the pet rock could hallucinate a term paper. Or in the case of auto safety cause stockholders to hallucinate a future where Tesla creates a robotaxi. This week Tesla is sued for fraud (clutches pearls) and a Waymo drives drunk through Phoenix. Congress goes after auto…
Technology readiness levels
Waymo keeps running into things and now NHTSA is investigating. Fred proposes a graduated licensing process for autonomous vehicles. 60 minutes Australia compiles a list of Elon Musk stating how self driving is ready next year but that next year never comes… maybe he’s just a salesman? Tesla’s automation software has been involved in 467…
There’s no place like safety and the pucker factor
That scrappy Tesla is still in the news for safety issues. NHTSA has requested more data about their Autopilot recall from December. With over 20 crashes since then there are some questions that need to be answered. And the DOJ and SEC are investigating them about their self driving claims. Drunk driving has been increasing…
Automatic Emergency Braking and Tesla continues to disappoint
NHTSA has finally released a rule for Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB). We’ve been asking for one since 2015 so… 3 cheers for NHTSA? But the rules don’t go into effect until 2029. Ugh. On the plus side IIHS updated their AEB tests and car makers have a lot of work to do. We dive deep…
Trust, but regulate
The autonomous vehicle industry has their own PR team that is trying to compete with our Consumer Autonomous Vehicle Bill of Rights. It’s a bunch of hogwash that they regurgitate every few years. A few Senators that can see through this have written a nice letter to NHTSA telling them to regulate AV’s, British Columbia…
Road diets and bad Tesla
Could your road go on a diet? Maybe it should as it could make it safer. Did you spend too much money on a stainless tank and are now suffering from unintended acceleration? Contact Tesla and ask if you’ve been Cyber Trucked. Turbo roundabouts, bad Tesla software updates, daylight savings time and car crashes an…
Tesla and stunning negligence
Tesla settles an Autopilot case before the trial starts which makes sense since Elon said they never fight true claims. Another Telsa case involving a 2 year old that managed to start the car and crash into his mom has begun, and Elon says that his robotaxis will be announced real soon. Our expert opinion…
Back seat safety with Dr. Emily Thomas
This week Dr. Emily Thomas from Consumer Reports joins us to discuss backseat safety. Did you know that there is technology to remind you not to leave your kids in the car? And it’s not standardized or required, Dr. Thomas walks us through the tech, the safety of car seats and how Consumer Reports conducts…