NHTSA launches investigation into Tesla’s “full self-driving” technology

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) did just that I opened the investigation There are 2.88 million Tesla electric vehicles currently equipped with the company’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system. As I mentioned for the first time before NHTSA has received more than 50 reports of traffic safety violations as well as many more .

The agency, which oversees the country’s motor vehicle safety standards, said Tesla’s FSD software “caused vehicle behavior that violated traffic safety laws,” with vehicles reportedly running red lights and driving against the flow of traffic.

Of the reports the agency received, six allege that the FSD-equipped Tesla “approached an intersection with a red traffic light, continued into the intersection against the red light, and was then involved in a collision with other motorized vehicles in the intersection.” The investigation will begin as Initial evaluationand then NHTSA can issue a recall if it believes the vehicles pose a significant enough risk to public safety.

The agency has conducted several investigations into the electric car maker this year alone. At the beginning of the year, it was opened and actual Smart Summon features, which allow owners to retrieve their cars remotely from a parking spot. Just a few weeks ago, it announced an investigation On their door handles and whether they risk trapping passengers inside the car. This is not the first time the agency has done this I looked at safety One of Tesla’s driver assistance features.

Tesla launches its own car Highlighting that accidents per million miles are much less common when its FSD technology is in operation than when it is not. However, the company also fought to get it Investigations involving FSD have been kept from public release, under the pretext of confidentiality.