Feds Investigate Tesla Over Inaccurate Autopilot And Fsd Crash Reports

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conscionable announced an investigation into Tesla regarding its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems, according to a study by Electrek. The roadworthy information regulator says nan probe involves inconsistencies pinch really nan institution reports crashes regarding nan aforementioned systems.

The NHTSA requires automakers to study crashes involving autonomous and driver assistance systems wrong 5 days of being notified of them. The agency claims that Tesla has sometimes waited months to study these crashes. It's worthy remembering that nan company's vehicles are outfitted pinch exertion that automatically records and sends retired data regarding a collision wrong minutes of an accident.

Tesla has acknowledged nan rumor but says this is each owed to an correction successful its systems, which has since been fixed. However, nan agency will proceed nan investigation, citing that it will "assess whether immoderate reports of anterior incidents stay outstanding and whether nan reports that were submitted see each of nan required and disposable data."

The NHTSA has bully logic to not judge Tesla's mentation astatine look value. It presently has different unfastened investigations into nan company. There's 1 involving its remote parking feature that has allegedly caused a number of crashes and another looking into nan efficacy of a caller package fix that followed a monolithic recall.

Tesla besides precocious mislaid a wrongful decease lawsuit involving an Autopilot clang successful which it was revealed successful grounds that nan institution lied and misled constabulary and plaintiffs to hide pertinent data. The institution leads different car manufacturers by a state mile erstwhile it comes to crashes involving driver assistance systems. Tesla vehicles were progressive successful nan immense mostly of full incidents reported to nan NHTSA from 2021 to 2024. That translates to complete 2,300 crashes, compared to 55 for second-place GM.