The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into Tesla’s autopilot driver assistance system. The vehicles would have suffered repeated collisions with other vehicles.
The investigation would focus on 765,000 Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y, nearly every car Tesla has sold in the United States since early 2014. Among 11 accidents identified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in connection with the investigation, 17 people were injured and one was killed.
The agency said 11 accidents have occurred since 2018, in which it was confirmed that drivers used autopilot or cruise control with traffic recognition when the vehicle collided with ” one or more vehicles On or beside the road.
Most accidents would have happened at night
Most accidents occurred after dark, with emergency vehicle lights, rockets and traffic lights, but also traffic cones, the NHTSA noted. For example, we saw a Tesla hit a police car on autopilot earlier in the year. However, despite the number of accidents, Tesla has cut some of the detection technologies in its vehicles.
Currently, the Tesla are no longer equipped with radars at the front, as Elon Musk considers them unnecessary. Indeed, The new Tesla Vision autopilot system is now based only on optical images provided by cameras throughout the vehicle.. However, this system is far from complete, as we saw in a video.
The official investigation will examine the functionality of Tesla’s Autopilot system and related driver assistance systems. More precisely, will review the methods used by Tesla vehicles to monitor and assist drivers. It will also monitor how the systems signal the driver to be alert when the autopilot is engaged.
Tesla still needs to make some adjustments to its autopilot before it can offer fully autonomous and safe driving for all road users. It’s not normal that your autopilot’s latest update doesn’t differentiate between an amber light and the moon.
Source: Subway
