Learn the name Kyle Vogt. He's the CEO of GM's autonomous vehicle company, GM Cruise. The nonsense he spouts makes Elon Musk seem almost reasonable. This week we meet his, detached from reality, views on automated vehicles. Plus more Hyundai/Kia theft news, backseat safety, EV battery repair-ability and more.

This weeks links:

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23718358/ag-letter-to-hyundai-and-kia.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/scratched-ev-battery-your-insurer-may-have-junk-whole-car-2023-03-20/

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/rear-passenger-protection-falls-short-in-most-midsize-suvs

https://fortune.com/2023/03/16/gm-cruise-kyle-vogt-driverless-cars-autonomous-vehicles/

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

https://www.wired.com/story/cars-that-watch-their-drivers-could-re-teach-the-world-to-drive/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/19/elon-musk-tesla-driving/

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RMISC-23V168-6445.pdf

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RMISC-23V162-7266.pdf