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This week's Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alphabet's self-driving powerhouse is sticking with a safety-conscious roadmap to robotic ride-hailing, trucks and personal vehicles, even if that means a longer path to commercialization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Musk tweeted that the data logs recovered show semi-automatic Autopilot not enabled [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several recalls of EVs are underway for fire risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tesla shares fell on Monday after a crash over the weekend involving one of its vehicles raised scrutiny over the company's Autopilot feature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The DMV's concern about Tesla's plan to add "FSD" features to Autopilot began in December 2019, after a tweet by CEO Elon Musk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NTSB is highly critical of the system's technical limitations and the Transportation Department's failure to create regulations for it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to an Associated Press report, a design flaw in Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a busy California freeway in January 2018, according to an investigation conducted by the NTSB. The agency affirmed that the driver was overly reliant on the autopilot system, which allowed him to disengage from driving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cliff will take over the NHTSA at a crucial time for road safety development - road deaths are growing at an alarming rate while, elsewhere, the US lacks an effective regulatory framework to manage the deployment of partially autonomous vehicles. Keywords: Autonomous; CASE; Electric; Vehicle manufacturers; Analysis; Autopilot; Homepage Top Section; Tesla EN Autonomous CASE Electric Vehicle manufacturers Analysis Autopilot Homepage Top Section Tesla N.PAG N.PAG 1 11/09/21 20211103 NES 211103 Last month, US President Joe Biden confirmed that the current Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Steven Cliff would be promoted to the role of administrator for the agency. [Extracted from the article]