Just in time for the discontinuation of safety regulations in the US.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/
#AutoSafety #TouchScreens #Tech
#AutoSafety
GM Recall Alert!
General Motors is recalling 597,630 trucks & SUVs in the U.S. due to possible V8 engine failure, which could increase crash risk. Affected models include top-sellers like the Chevy Silverado with L87 V8 engines.
Concerned owners can call GM or visit nhtsa.gov using recall ID 25V-274 for details.
#GMRecall #ChevySilverado #V8EngineFailure #AutoSafety #NHTSA #CarRecall #GMC #Cadillac #Chevrolet
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/gm-recalls-600000-trucks-suvs-citing-potential-engine-catastrophe/
GM faces potential class action lawsuit over 6.2L V9 engine failures in Chevrolet and GMC vehicles from 2019-2024. Mechanical defects pose serious safety risks to drivers. #AutoSafety #ClassAction
Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer fired after raising brake safety concerns, has won a key legal battle and is preparing to face Elon Musk in open court. Now also suing for defamation, Balan is determined to clear her name—while courageously battling breast cancer.
#Tesla #CristinaBalan #ElonMusk #Whistleblower #TeslaLawsuit #WorkplaceJustice #EVNews #Defamation #AutoSafety #LegalBattle
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/elon-musk-lost-legal-battle-against-tesla-whistleblower/
LA Times: Police say burning Tesla battery prevented them from saving driver in fatal crash (1/30/25)
"A 2025 Tesla Model Y was southbound on Madrona Avenue when, for unknown reasons, the electric car swerved to the right, collided with a traffic pole and caught fire with the driver trapped inside, authorities said. ...Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but, “due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable to rescue the occupant,” the department said."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-30/tesla-battery-fire-fatal-crash-rescue
#TheGremlinZoo #DOGE #AutoSafety
From AP.com: Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company
Comparisons to the exploding Ford Pinto add fuel to Tesla dumpster fire
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/new-fire-fatalities-report-adds-to-cybertruck-mystique/
#autosafety #fordpinto #teslacybertruck #carfires #automotive #evs #cybertruck #electricvehicles #mobility #transportation #roadsafety #drivesafe
Comparisons to the exploding Ford Pinto add fuel to Tesla dumpster fire
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/new-fire-fatalities-report-adds-to-cybertruck-mystique/
#autosafety #fordpinto #teslacybertruck #carfires #automotive #evs #cybertruck #electricvehicles #mobility #transportation #roadsafety #drivesafe
News org runs the numbers on fire fatalities: Tesla Cybertruck vs. Ford Pinto.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/new-fire-fatalities-report-adds-to-cybertruck-mystique/
#autosafety #fordpinto #teslacybertruck #carfires #automotive #evs #electricvehicles #mobility #transportation #roadsafety #drivesafe
News org runs the numbers on fire fatalities: Tesla Cybertruck vs. Ford Pinto.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/new-fire-fatalities-report-adds-to-cybertruck-mystique/
#autosafety #fordpinto #teslacybertruck #carfires #automotive #evs #electricvehicles #mobility #transportation #roadsafety #drivesafe
The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis
https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-ford-pinto-comparison
How Does Frequently Performed Auto Glass Inspections Reduce Expenses?
Save money and enhance safety with routine auto glass inspections. Learn the benefits, common issues, maintenance tips, and insurance coverage for windscreen care.
#AutoGlass #WindscreenRepair #CarMaintenance #AutoSafety #WindscreenCheck #VehicleInspection #SaveMoney #CarCare #AutoGlassRepair #WindshieldProtection #RoadSafety #PreventiveMaintenance #CarRepairs #AutoGlassTips #GlassInspection
So they want cars to automatically stop at 62mph? Looks like automobiles are being forced to become helicopter parents while humans keep making questionable decisions 🚗
New rule would require automatic emergency braking by 2029, potentially saving 360 lives annually. Though automakers claim it's "practically impossible." #AutoSafety #TechProgress
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/25/0011211/us-reviewing-automatic-emergency-braking-rule
US agency says Tesla's public statements imply tt its #vehicles can drive themselves. They can't
" #NHTSA is asking #Tesla to “revisit its comm'ns”.. 4 crashes involving #FullSelfDriving when Teslas encountered sun glare, fog & airborne dust.. Arizona #pedestrian was #killed in one of e #crashes.. #Musk 💩spent ~$119m to get #Trump #elected & Trump has spoken against #government #regulations.. #Autosafety advocates fear tt investigations into Tesla cld derail" #FakeIt #EVs
https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/us-agency-says-tesla-s-public-statements-imply-19901015.php
More from #DemocracyNow's interview with #RalphNader:
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Ralph? Ralph, let me ask you. For the #progressive movement now, as it faces the return of Donald #Trump, what do you think are the next steps in terms of #resistance or reorganization that have to occur?
RALPH NADER: Well, it’s got to be focused on #Congress. The House is not yet resolved, but only Congress can stop the #Trumpsters. It isn’t just Trump. Trump is a figurehead. Trump is a bullhorn. It’s the Trumpsters. It’s the #HeritageFoundation. It’s [#Project2025]. It’s the takeover of departments that are dedicated to standing up for the people, the environmental protection bureau [#EPA], the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [#CFPB], the #AutoSafety bureau [I'll bet Trump puts Elon in charge of that], the Federal Trade Commission [#FTC], the Justice Department. These are all going to be turned into virulent, vengeful or inactive governments. They want to destroy the civil service, bring it back to the spoils system. We’re in for huge turmoil. One can say that the election yesterday really elected #PresidentVance. Trump is not going to last. He’s going to disintegrate. And #Vance is in a position to become the next president.
So, what has to be done, Juan, is massive focus on Congress, which is the main constitutionally authorized lever to hold the executive branch #accountable, build for 2026. The Democrats will have far fewer people up for the Senate than the Republicans, unlike this year.
And they’ve got to stop blasting away at people who want to challenge the #DemocraticParty. The party says to everybody on their side, “You know how bad the Republicans are? You got nowhere to go.” They spent a lot of money attacking the #GreenParty, the tiny Green Party, instead of listening to William Barber, Reverend William Barber, who said, “Look, there’s 80 million people who aren’t going to vote. A lot of them are low-wage workers. If you get 15% of low-wage workers who aren’t voting to go to the polls, the Democrats would have won.” They didn’t listen to him. They didn’t listen to all the citizen groups who know how to talk to people, not just liberal patients or liberal workers, but conservative workers, conservative patients. Remember, a vast majority of this country wants to tax the undertaxed #wealthy and the #corporations. They want to break up the #BigBanks. And above all, in poll after poll, they say that corporations have too much control over their lives. Sherrod Brown pulled in his horns and lost. #BernieSanders campaigned on corporate power, and he won in a landslide in Vermont. And Harris refused to campaign with Bernie Sanders, but she campaigned in several states with #LizCheney of the criminal Cheney family and the invasion of #Iraq that killed over a million Iraqis.
So the blunders were endless. And it was basically turning her back on the progressive and the genuine populist constituency in this country. And Bernie, of course, supported Harris, but his positions were rejected constantly. He said, “Get the living wage up. Get universal healthcare up. Crack down on corporate crooks. Increase Social Security benefits that have been frozen for over 50 years. And get the taxation on the wealthy.” She ignored all that. Just throwaway lines.
OUCH!
Read more:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/6/ralph_nader_on_trumps_win
ALL Cybertrucks!
TechCrunch: Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/ #tesla #cybertruck #cybertrucks #elonmusk #recall #nhtsa #autosafety
#NBC:
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Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck
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"“I think Elon Musk in particular has shown the danger of letting automakers decide for themselves what’s safe on public roads,”.."
13.12.2023
#AutoSafety #Cybertruck #HighwaySafety #IIHS #Musk #Pedestrians #Tesla
Jack Newfield (1938-2004):
"Objectivity can be defined as the way the mass #media reported the history of the #Vietnam war before the Pentagon Papers; the way the #racism in the North was covered before Watts; the way #autosafety was reported before Ralph Nader... believing people with power and printing their press releases. #Objectivity is not shouting 'liar' in a crowded country."
Mark Jacob: "We need fact-crusading, not just fact-checking."
https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/fact-checking-isnt-enough-we-need
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