The Double Whammy

This week we discuss the EPA mandate for electric vehicles and how the safety issue of vehicle weight is ignored. And since most people now drive trucks cars are getting even heavier.Also, we visit the world of Autonomous Vehicles and check in with Auroa, mildly praise and mildly shame Kyle from Cruise, Fred covers the need for safety inspections of software with AV's. recall roundup and bust the myths around seat belts.

• https://www.autosafety.org/av-bill-of-rights/

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/07/trucks-outnumber-cars/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/climate/electric-cars-biden-climate.html

• https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/equipment-tech/aurora-officials-say-their-driverless-rigs-are-ready-for-use

• https://www.dallasnews.com/business/autos/2023/04/03/aurora-to-run-driverless-trucks-from-dallas-to-houston-by-the-end-of-2024/

• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/4-seat-belt-myths-vs-the-truth-according-to-the-nhtsa/ar-AA19CXCD

• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V241-7631.PDF

• https://static.nhtsa.gov/complaints/11515119/11515119-0003.pdf

• https://getcruise.com/news/blog/2023/why-we-do-av-recalls/