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No evidence that automated-driving tech used by Tesla, rivals has real-world safety benefits: IIHS study

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the US Insurance Institute for High…

A civil case scheduled to go to trial next week in California will be the latest test of Tesla’s strategy of blaming crashes on drivers who fail to heed the EV maker’s warnings to pay attention to the road when Autopilot or Full Self Driving technology are engaged. Automakers could boost safety ratings by adopting existing technology for functions such as driver-monitoring or attention warnings that achieved “good” scores, Harkey said. The Genesis GV80 SUV that launches in the US this spring will the first model in the Hyundai luxury brand with an in-cabin camera to monitor the driver’s face and eyes while assisted driving is engaged.

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