safety

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Aug. 25 to respond to a screenshot posted by Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) of a blog post from The Dawn Project’s website written by the safety group’s CEO and founder Dan O’Dowd. “Bat s**t crazy,”...

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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) regularly releases safety reports about its vehicles. The company's latest report shows its vehicles only get into an accident one time for every 4.19 million miles traveled while using the Autopilot driver-assist software. This is in comparison to the average...

Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) is pleading for consumers, industry leaders, legislators, and others to "join us" in supporting restaurants. What Happened: Coca-Cola released results from its internal research on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the restaurant industry. Here are some of the more...

The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) for defective battery cooling systems in its early Model S vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Tesla Faces NHTSA, NTSB Investigations The NHTSA is "well aware of the...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration will start running test flights of the company's troubled 737 MAX aircraft on Monday, Reuters reported. What Happened In an email to the Congress on Sunday, FAA said it had completed the review of the...

Ridesharing company Uber Technologies Inc’s (NYSE: UBER) shares were down in after-hours trading on Thursday as the company released its first-ever safety report. What Happened Uber said that about 3,045 incidents of sexual assaults were reported on the 1.3 billion rides taken...

Zendrive, a company that uses mobile sensors to glean insights about driver behavior, has raised $37 million in Series B funding. XL Innovate led the round, announced on August 20, with participation by Hearst Ventures and existing investors, including ACME Capital, BMW iVentures, NYCA, SignalFire...

A four-day long Fourth of July weekend is upon us, allowing millions of Americans to travel around the country, with most of them taking to the highways on long journeys with their families. Though this has become a staple celebratory affair in the U.S. around this part of the year, it is vital...

This year marks the 60th anniversary since Volvo engineer, Nils Bohlin developed the modern three-point seat belt in 1959. Image sourced from Pixabay

The National Safety Council (NSC) declares every April Distracted Driving Awareness Month in an attempt to highlight the steady increase in road accidents due to distracted driving and to create awareness on ways to avert such instances. FreightWaves spoke with Matt Brunelle, vice president of...

  Forty U.S.-flag vessels were detained for safety deficiencies in 2018, information that is part of new inspection data being made public in the aftermath of one of the country's biggest cargo ship disasters. The El Faro, a "roll-on/roll-off" cargo ship that shuttled cargo to...

  A recent report on highway safety by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) revealed that speed-related accidents accounted for approximately one-third of total road fatalities. Speeding can result from several different factors including fatigue, alcohol-impaired driving, high-...