Feds examine Tesla over inaccurate autopilot and FSD crash studies

The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) simply introduced an investigation into Tesla concerning its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) methods, according to a report by Electrek. The street security regulator says the probe entails inconsistencies with how the corporate studies crashes concerning the aforementioned methods.

The NHTSA requires automakers to report crashes involving autonomous and driver help methods inside 5 days of being notified of them. The company claims that Tesla has typically waited months to report these crashes. It is value remembering that the corporate’s automobiles are outfitted with expertise that automatically records and sends out data concerning a collision inside minutes of an accident.

Tesla has acknowledged the difficulty however says that is all on account of an error in its methods, which has since been fastened. Nonetheless, the company will proceed the investigation, citing that it’ll “assess whether or not any studies of prior incidents stay excellent and whether or not the studies that had been submitted embody all the required and accessible knowledge.”

The NHTSA has good purpose to not settle for Tesla’s clarification at face worth. It at present has different open investigations into the corporate. There’s one involving its remote parking feature that has allegedly brought on various crashes and another looking into the efficacy of a recent software fix that followed a massive recall.

Tesla additionally not too long ago misplaced a wrongful demise case involving an Autopilot crash through which it was revealed in testimony that the corporate lied and misled police and plaintiffs to cover pertinent knowledge. The corporate leads other auto manufacturers by a rustic mile relating to crashes involving driver assistance systems. Tesla automobiles had been concerned within the overwhelming majority of whole incidents reported to the NHTSA from 2021 to 2024. That interprets to over 2,300 crashes, compared to 55 for second-place GM.