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Tesla is recalling at least 193,000 cars in Canada to fix a defective Autopilot function.
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Transport Canada says Tesla recall will affect roughly 193,000 cars in Canada

December 14, 2023 The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – Tesla’s recall over its autopilot function will affect about 193,000 vehicles in Canada. Transport Canada says Tesla will provide an over-the-air software update to fix the advanced driver assistance features. Transport Canada says the recall will be added

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Investigators cite Tesla Autopilot limits in fatal crash

September 13, 2017 Joan Lowy - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board said the

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Dash 8 crew erroneously thought convective activity was not a factor in Mont-Joli approach incident: TSB

August 16, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

A combination wind shear and turbulence was one factor in a 2016 incident in Quebec in which a pilot had “temporary difficulty” controlling a Dash 8 below 2,000 feet, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a recent investigation

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Tesla equipping cars to drive completely on their own

October 20, 2016 Michael Liedtke - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO – Tesla Motors is starting to build its electric cars with all the sensors, cameras and other gear needed to drive completely on their own when regulations allow the technology to take over that responsibility. The announcement made

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Feds seek Autopilot data from Tesla in crash probe

July 13, 2016 Tom Krisher - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT – Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect a tractor trailer that crossed its path in a Florida crash. The National Highway

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Tesla driver killed in crash while using car’s ‘Autopilot’

July 1, 2016 By Joan Lowy and Tom Krisher - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – The U.S. announced Thursday the first fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode, the 40-year-old owner of a technology company who nicknamed his vehicle “Tessy” and had praised its sophisticated “Autopilot” system just one month