The U.S. government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it had recorded 11 cases since January 2018 of Tesla electric cars colliding with ambulances or firefighters parked at the scene. One person died in the accidents and 17 others were injured, she said AP agency.
The investigation aims at Tesla with the designation Model Y, X, S and 3, ie the entire model line of the carmaker from 2014 to 2021. NHTSA estimates that there are a total of 765 thousand cars in the United States. The regulator announced this on its website on Monday, and Tesla’s shares closed with a loss of 4.32 percent.
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The investigation shows that the current US administration, led by President Joe Biden, will be stricter in the safety of self-driving cars than its predecessors. Tesla representatives did not comment on Monday’s decision.
Tesla car accidents have also been investigated in the USA since 2016 by the independent National Transportation Safety Authority (NTSB).
He suggested that the “autopilot” could only be used in selected locations and that the carmaker would improve the systems that check that the driver supervises it sufficiently. However, the NTSB, unlike the NHTSA, has no enforcement powers.
Tesle threatens to withdraw cars
NHTSA investigated Tesla’s self-managing system as early as 2017, but did not take any concrete action. The controller can order the withdrawal of problem cars and also set restrictions on how, when and where the autopilot can be used. This can harm Tesla in the competition with other carmakers.
According to the NHTSA, most of the 11 investigated collisions with ambulances or firefighters occurred after dark. The Office wants to test the technologies used to “monitor, assist and enforce driver involvement”.
Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Twitter in July that the car’s CCTV system would soon be able to respond to “signposts, risks, ambulances or police beacons and hand gestures.”
@EliBurton_ @Tesla It will soon capture turn signals, hazards, ambulance/police lights & even hand gestures
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The problem of autopilot with a parked car with the beacons on was admitted in February this year by the head of self-driving technologies in Tesla, Andrej Karpathy. “This is an example of a new task we want to know more about,” Reuters was quoted as saying.
NHTSA will investigate a total of 31 Tesla electric car accidents, which have occurred during the alleged use of autopilot assistance since 2016. 10 people died in them. According to the regulator, “no commercially available motor vehicles are yet capable of self-driving” and drivers should use the assistance responsibly.
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