Tesla’s autopilot partially automated driving system is under investigation after a series of collisions occurred with parked emergency vehicles. The includes 765 thousand vehicles, pretty much everything Tesla sold in the United states since the Tesla model of 2014.Tesla models included, the Models Y, X, S and 3 from the through 2021 model years.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into the 17 people that were injured and where one was killed. “The involved subject vehicles were all confirmed to have been engaged in either Autopilot or Traffic Aware Cruise Control during the approach to the crashes,” NHTSA said in a document opening the investigation.
NTSB has criticized Tesla for not having system safeguards for its Autopilot feature and has criticized NHTSA’s failure to ensure the safety of Autopilot.
An incident in January 2018, in Culver City, California was with a crash into a parked fire truck in California. The NTSB reported the system’s design “permitted the driver to disengage from the driving task.”
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