Taillight

Elon Musk-run Tesla is recalling more than 321,000 vehicles for a software glitch and will deploy an over-the-air (OTA) firmware update to correct the anomaly in tail lights that may cause false fault detections.The remedy OTA firmware update prevents false fault detections during the “vehicle wake-up process", which ensures that all tail lamps operate as designed, whereas a firmware release without the remedy may not prevent false fault detections, according to a filing with the US National Highway Traffic Safety…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tesla is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a software glitch can make taillights go off intermittently, increasing the risk of a collision. Tesla said in documents posted Saturday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that…

If a motorist just sees a red light up ahead, they might not realize it's a bike's tail light – at least, not at first. The VIS LightPool Taillight is designed to address that problem, by alternately shining down along with outwards.Designed by US bike light manufacturer Light & Motion, the device is currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign.When manually activated during daylight hours, the LightPool just projects amber LED light to the rear and both sides of itself, providing the cyclist with 180 degrees of…