On Thursday, June 26th, the House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing titled, “Looking Under the Hood: The State of NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety.” The entire hearing is available on YouTube, and you can find live “tweets” on Bluesky. The League believes that … [continued]
As we’ve covered for years, electric vehicles inherently bring some safety advantages to the table. Their lower center of gravity from having batteries at their base is especially helpful to prevent rollover accidents, which are particularly dangerous. Also, not needing a large engine in the front of the car, electric … [continued]
I wrote about Waymo’s expansion into more of California earlier today. It is bringing its robotaxi service to a lot more of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and the Los Angeles metro area. Then, though, as I was scrolling through Waymo’s X/Twitter feed (where the company exclusively posts a lot … [continued]
Waymo has been testing self-driving cars for a couple of decades, and has had them taxiing paying passengers around for a handful of years. Without a doubt, there are challenges every step of the way, but a really big one must be deciding when robotaxis are genuinely safe and ready … [continued]
Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find. The bonnet height of new cars in Europe is increasing by half a centimetre a year, on average, driven by the growth in SUV sales, new research finds. The trend is part of the recent phenomenon … [continued]
New York State may be the first state to implement speed limiters for repeat offenders. Legislation like this is a good step in our collective efforts to make our streets slower and safer. If you live in New York state, please take action to ensure that the Speed Limiters for … [continued]
We’ve had a few articles recently highlighting problems with the idea of a robotaxi revolution. (See here, here, and here.) However, there are definitely some upsides to robotaxis, and there’s one in particular that deserves a nod. A reader shared this study with us in a comment thread, and it … [continued]
The Euro 7 exhaust emissions rules are so strict, automakers risk massive fines for noncompliance with predictable consequences.
Study finds that participants in the driving safety program are 64% less likely to get into driving accidents in the three years following training Kia America is supporting efforts to help address one of the leading causes of death among teens – automotive accidents – through its renewed partnership with the … [continued]
Confused.com is a top car insurance comparison site in the UK. (Why its domain name is “Confused.com,” I don’t know.) Despite being focused on the UK market, writers at the site recently decided to analyze National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety ratings — that is, vehicle safety ratings for … [continued]
