Hyperdrive Daily: Does a Federal crash data order have teeth?
Auto safety researchers cheered this week when U.S. regulators issued a new order requiring car makers to report crashes where automated driving technology had been activated. The order covers everything from features on passenger cars currently on the road — like adaptive cruise control and lane-departure warnings — to the systems underlying driverless robotaxis. If the crash happened on a public road and caused a fatality, injury, or property damage, the feds want to know about it.