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The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued the state’s first autonomous vehicle deployment permit to Nuro, Inc. The deployment permit authorizes Nuro to operate commercially in two counties in the Bay Area. NHTSA released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting comments to assist in developing regulations regarding the deployment of autonomous driving systems (ADS). The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established a permitting program, which will open the door to commercial autonomous vehicles in California. NHTSA’s request for comments demonstrates that industry support will be critical to developing ADS safety regulation and provides opportunities for public engagement. The CPUC’s regulations could lay a foundation for development of ADS frameworks for other states and potentially future NHTSA regulations.
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President Biden has put the brakes on rules regarding autonomous vehicle safety and low volume replica car manufacturing announced in the final days of the Trump administration.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Jan. 14 posted an update to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that included new crash safety rules for fully-autonomous vehicles designed without steering controls that would allow for street legal vehicles to be built without a designated driver s seat and its unique safety equipment or any passenger accomodations at all.
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The latest Tesla Model S will soon have two kinds of steering wheels. These are specifically the aircraft-type and conventional style steering wheels. They both offer unique new features that would improve your driving experience. But, which one is better than the other?
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 05: Visitors look at a Tesla Model S electric car at the Panasonic stand at the 2014 IFA home electronics and appliances trade fair on September 5, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. IFA is the world s biggest fair of its kind and is open to the public through September 10.
Refreshed Tesla Model S Steering Yoke Controversy
The new, refreshed, 2021 Tesla Model S was just revealed, showing changes inside and out. And a couple significant changes to the traditional steering wheel have the internet buzzing about the new Love-it or Hate-it design.
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Everyone knows that automotive steering wheels are round, right? That is why they call them steering “wheels”. But Tesla is in the business of reinventing how cars are being built and designed, and the latest Model S now has a steering Yoke, which is not a wheel. And it looks more like an airplane yoke, or a Formula 1 race car steering wheel/yoke. This means that it looks somewhat like a traditional steering wheel, but with a flattened bottom, and the top of the wheel cut off.