There Auto Be A Law

If you've bought a car in the last few years odds are that it's made with slave labor. How's that for a show opener? Gulp. Plus Elon Musk blames his customers and not his crummy cars, Michael digs into some bills presented to a guy named Gavin, Fred digs into the morality, programmed and not, of self driving cars and we discuss one recall.This weeks links:https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w9524/w9524.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/electric-vehicles-forced-labor-china/https://www.shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy-centre-international-justice/research-and-projects/all-projects/driving-forcehttps://www.shuforcedlabour.org/drivingforce/sankey/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB316https://electrek.co/2023/09/15/musk-wanted-to-use-tesla-cameras-to-spy-on-drivers-and-win-autopilot-lawsuits/https://abc7chicago.com/kila-kia-software-update-engine-failure-optima/13796776/https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V628000https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/minivans-dont-make-the-grade-when-it-comes-to-rear-seat-safetyhttps://www.autosafety.org/lemon-laws/https://radiolab.org/podcast/driverless-dilemma

The House had a hearing on Self Driving Semi's and 3 out of 4 panelists thought it was a really swell idea and could you please write laws that make it best for our bottom lines? GM Cruise tries Nashville and claims that NHTSA has approved it's ugly car without controls, Mozilla finds out that your car is getting every bit of your intimate details, a school bus safety bill final moves ahead, Fred takes on listener mail around EV's and emissions and recalls.This weeks links:https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2023/09/widen-koopman-federal-action-automated-vehicles/https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/self-driving-taxis-are-coming-to-nashville-are-they-safe-and-who-gets-to-decide-that/ar-AA1gxTaThttps://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863390/cruise-origin-robotaxi-regulatory-approval-nhtsahttps://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-legislation-improve-school-bus-safetyhttps://evtool.ucsusa.org/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/driving-cleaner-report.pdfhttps://sustain.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/2018-63%20Lifecycle%20Analysis%20of%20Electric%20Vehicles_Kukreja.pdfhttps://www.bchydro.com/toolbar/about/sustainability/our-clean-system.htmlhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23E065-4480.PDFhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V610000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V615000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V604000

Do you like to pretend that your car can drive itself? Well... you might be a Tesla owner or the CEO of GM Cruise. Either way please let us know where you might be so we can avoid you.NHTSA applies a special order to Telsa, AV's are trained on pictures of white men, ARC doesn't want to recall their air bag inflators, Cruise blocks an ambulance, recalls and the Tao of Fred.This weeks links:https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/us-regulator-asks-for-information-on-tesla-autopilot-monitoring-drivers/ar-AA1fX1Mfhttps://news.yahoo.com/autos/nhtsa-demands-tesla-explain-autopilot-145400006.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/06/arc-airbag-recall-inflater-nhtsa/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/05/san-francisco-cruise-robotaxi-death-ambulancehttps://techcrunch.com/2023/09/04/protestors-rally-at-cruise-hq-in-san-francisco/https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V598000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V594000https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/06/toyota-blames-factory-shutdown-in-japan-on-insufficient-disk-space

Listeners,We really don't like to pick on the Elon. It's boring BUT he makes it really easy. This week we explain that the Cyber Truck will never have... well anything he claims, GM Cruise expands their Fire Truck smashers to Raleigh, IIHS tests backseat safety and makes simple suggests to make motorcycles safer (wear a dang helmet), Fred goes back into Radar and Lidar and some recalls (what's with the rear view cameras?)This weeks links:https://www.wral.com/story/gm-s-cruise-begins-testing-all-electric-driverless-taxis-in-raleigh/21014020/https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/honda-accord-shines-while-other-midsize-cars-struggle-in-rear-seat-safety-testhttps://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-automotive-trends-you-see-dying-in-the-nex-1850735639https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/which-states-have-the-deadliest-rush-hour/ar-AA1fyGlUhttps://pirg.org/media-center/statement-nhtsa-walks-back-anti-repair-letter-but-questions-remain/https://www.thedrive.com/news/feds-ok-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law-so-the-state-can-finally-enforce-ithttps://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-confronts-strange-ear-piercing-static-in-f-150-trucks-7551ba24https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/tesla-cybertrucks-bad-build-quality-shows-up-like-a-sore-thumb-musk-says/https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/simple-steps-could-reduce-motorcyclist-deaths--if-only-wed-take-themhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V589000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V573000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V577000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V580000

Kyle from Cruise keeps telling everyone that humans are terrible drivers and that his computer cars will save humanity. In the past week his robot taxis have stopped working because they weren't in cell phone range, crashed into a fire truck and drove into wet cement. Can someone look up Kyle's DMV record? If these are driving better than him he must be the worst driver.That and more plus Fred explains tire pressure.This weeks links:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/technology/cruise-crash-driverless-car-san-francisco.htmlhttps://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/city-officials-protest-robotaxi-expansion-18301796.phphttps://apnews.com/article/tesla-autopilot-los-angeles-d02769ba359cf6381dc1176c3f5a72a5https://www.autosafety.org/us-probing-virginia-fatal-crash-involving-tesla-suspected-of-running-on-automated-driving-system/https://aaafoundation.org/examining-the-safety-benefits-of-partial-vehicle-automation-technologies-in-an-uncertain-future/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/08/21/driverless-cars-face-setbacks-in-san-francisco-heres-what-to-know-about-the-citys-problematic-robotaxi-rollout/?sh=5fe970cd60a2https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/08/18/cruise-robotaxi-hit-by-on-call-fire-engine--is-it-the-fire-trucks-fault/?sh=7b78fc3b4f34https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/08/14/gms-cruise-falls-down-during-concert-cell-overload-heres-how-to-fix-it/?sh=7cbb0484239chttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V579000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V581000https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2023/INOA-RQ23004-4752.PDF

Did you know that those 5 star safety crash tests do not apply to women drivers? NHTSA bases these crash tests on an "average" male and ignores women that have a different skeletal structure and physiology. But don't worry NHTSA is still researching the issue... of whether women drive? No idea why they are wasting time on this as better crash test dummy technology exists that could make cars safer for everyone.This week Beth Brooke from VERITY Now (https://www.veritynow.org) joins us to explain more about the issue and how NHTSA could solve the problem today.Plus Recall Roundup and Fred discusses the metallurgy for stainless steel in terms of the Cybertruck.Links:https://www.veritynow.orghttps://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicle-choice-crash-differences-help-explain-greater-injury-risks-for-womenhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f8dba2948458c1d7ad08580/t/62db0299834ab3684a015d4e/1658520218097/VERITYNOW_DecipheringTheConversation.pdfhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V553000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V567000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V566000

Self deluded self driving car CEOs continue to claim the safety of their vehicles. Still cannot provide any shred of data to back their claims up. Now the San Francisco Police and Fire Departments are saying they need these AV's off the road as they are a hazard to emergency first responders. Plus Telsa is still a problem and Hyundai Kia have some issues.This weeks links:https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-most-tech-forward-city-has-doubts-about-self-driving-cars-d6b098e0https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2023/08/02/man-trapped-inside-tesla-manual-door-operation/70512739007/https://electrek.co/2023/08/03/hackers-manage-unlock-tesla-software-locked-features/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.410887/gov.uscourts.cand.410887.1.0.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOiL4H4JonMhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V534000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V531000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V545000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V523000https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2023/INOA-RQ23003-4425.PDF

Ever tried to get a service appointment for your Tesla? Learn how Tesla has an entire department dedicated to making sure you don't get one. Why's that? Turns out their customer are getting upset about Tesla claiming a much larger battery range they on offer. Waymo kills off it's trucking division, California wants privacy laws around your the data your car collects, NHTSA proposed better fuel economy and Fred explains power steering particularly around Tesla's that don't steer. Plus Recall Roundup.https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/waymo-kills-off-autonomous-trucking-program/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/https://jalopnik.com/new-fuel-economy-rules-from-the-feds-are-targeting-gas-1850693364https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/health/ebikes-safety-teens.htmlhttps://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/steering-failures-are-teslas-new-federal-safety-worry/https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2023/INOA-PE23014-4415.PDFhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V516000https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V502000https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V501-4339.PDF

The wheels on corporate lobbying go round and round, round and round. 'Congress holds a hearing on how removing safety legislation on autonomous vehicles is the only way to ensure that our children won't become Communists. Or something like that. Plus Fred explains what those black things your car sits on are.https://www.autosafety.org/av-fan-fictions/

Full EV's or hybrids? That's the question we start of this week with. NHTSA and Congress are starting to, maybe, kinda, sorta work on outdated legislation and rules around self driving cars, Kyle from GM Cruise releases an ad that would have him be failed by Fred's 8th grade teacher and a couple of recalls.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/opinion/electric-vehicles-toyota-hybrids.htmlhttps://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/news-blog/u-s-regulator-proposes-updated-rules-for-autonomous-vehicles-in-exchange-for-data-44501899https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/cruise-autonomous-vehicles-safety-waymo-self-driving-cars-ad-new-york-times.htmlhttps://www.autosafety.org/av-bill-of-rights/https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RMISC-23V478-0297.pdfhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V480-4609.PDFhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V487000https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/innovation-data-and-commerce-subcommittee-hearing-1