Auto industry

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Future automobiles will likely need to include passive technology to monitor for driving under the influence and automatic emergency braking.

NHTSA, which announced the Tesla probe Monday, opened 26 probes into various auto and highway safety issues so far this year -- more than in all of 2020 or 2019, according to its website.

The investigation covers an estimated 765,000 Tesla Model Y, X, S and 3 vehicles from the 2014-2021 model years. NHTSA said it launched the probe after 11 crashes that resulted in 17 injuries and one fatality.

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Customers don’t like paying up for new technology they’re unsure about, and they’re worried they won’t reliably get to where they want to go.

There is little debate that we are in the beginning stages of monumental transformation, and the implications for the insurance industry couldn’t be greater.

Sea Pine Technology provides applications to help with vehicle protection and other financing products.

The auto insurer will be the first to integrate with a platform that will simplify real-time verification of coverage.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles granted clearance for trials of the autonomous driving technology on public roads.