A federal safety benchmark expanded its driver-assist test suite to eight pass-fail criteria, and only one electric SUV has cleared every single one so far

A pedestrian target crosses the path of a moving car. A camera locked to the windshield tracks it. The car brakes on its own, or it doesn’t. That single pass-fail moment is one of eight criteria now built into America’s federal car safety ratings. Most vehicles on sale today have never faced them. One electric ... Read more