Thursday, January 16, 2025

NTSB Report on Tesla Crash Blames Autonomous Mode, Driver Errors

From CCJ Though the driver of a Tesla sedan, which was speeding and operating (against Tesla’s advice) in a fledgling version of an autonomous mode, was mostly to blame for a fatal May 2016 crash in Williston, Florida, the truck driver also involved in the crash shares some of the blame, according to the final crash report released Tuesday by the

OPEC’s Second-Biggest Producer could possibly Split in Two — and Start an Oil War

From CNBC An oil-rich province in the north of Iraq plans to vote in a referendum on Kurdish independence later this month, prompting fears of regional conflict as tensions escalate over who owns a portion of the country’s crude. Kurdish forces have been in complete control of the province of Kirkuk — as well as other disputed areas — since the summer

Technology Pace is Forcing Faster Change in Many Industries

Industries have to get ahead of changes to be more competitive in the future From Engineering.com With Industry 4.0 right around the corner (or maybe it’s already here) manufacturing is about to make an exponential leap forward. We’ve seen industrial revolutions before—three of them, in fact—but somehow the fourth industrial revolution seems different. Michelle Drew Rodriguez, manufacturing leader for Deloitte’s Center for Industry Insights, believes