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Biden set to nominate Homendy to head U.S. NTSB
04/22/2021 23:14
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Jennifer Homendy to chair the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Homendy has served on the board since 2018 and previously was a senior House Democratic staffer working on transportation issues.
The White House and Homendy did not respond to requests for comment.
The NTSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating all civil aviation accidents in the United States and significant accidents in other modes of transportation.
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Consumer Reports engineers said they “easily tricked” a Tesla vehicle to drive via its Autopilot feature without anyone in the driver’s seat, just days after a fatal crash in Texas where police said they found no one behind the steering wheel of a Tesla car.
In a test conducted this week, test drivers took several trips on a closed half-mile track in a Tesla Model Y, the nonprofit research organization said in a statement Thursday. The vehicle with Autopilot technology engaged was able to steer itself along painted lines but at no time displayed a warning that the driver’s seat was empty. The engineer who conducted the test placed a small weighted chain on the steering wheel to simulate the weight of a driver’s hand.
Consumer Reports engineers said they easily tricked a Tesla Inc. vehicle to drive via its Autopilot.
Consumer Reports engineers said they easily tricked a Tesla Inc. vehicle to drive via its Autopilot feature without anyone in the driver s seat, just days after a fatal crash in Texas where police said they found no one behind the steering wheel of a Tesla car.
In a test conducted this week, test drivers took several trips on a closed half-mile track in a Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle, the nonprofit research organization said in a statement Thursday. The vehicle with Autopilot technology engaged was able to steer itself along painted lines but at no time displayed a warning that the driver s seat was empty. The engineer who conducted the test placed a small weighted chain on the steering wheel to simulate the weight of a driver s hand.
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