US authorities are targeting him again Tesla for the driving assistance functions of their electric vehicles. Indeed, the American automaker stressed during periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commissionwhat Department of Justice The US has requestedaccess to various documents regarding the autopilot and full autonomous driving (FSD) features of their vehicles.
In any case, Elon Musk’s company adds that it is not aware of any ongoing government investigations that have concluded wrongdoing. However, Tesla did not want to go into the essence of the request of the US Department of Justice, which, in turn, did not want to comment on this news.
Thus, what has come to light from the SEC filing largely confirms the news that appeared in October last year. The Reuters exclusive report, in fact, reported that the US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the claims of the American manufacturer about the real capabilities of the driver assistance system. The investigation, which was due to begin in 2021, after more than a dozen accidents, some of which were fatal, involving vehicles from a US manufacturer equipped with an autopilot system.
In short, the authorities want clarify the security of the Autopilot system and understand if what the manufacturer says about this technology is correct. In the end, the problem is still the same, which has been talked about for a long time. Some drivers still think that autopilot or the latest version of FSD can drive the car on its own.
Tesla actually goes on to emphasize that drivers should always give maximum attention to driving when activating the autopilot or even more advanced full self-driving system. However, over time there has been no shortage of “ambiguous” positions on the part of the manufacturer on this issue. Tesla’s use of the term “autopilot” has also been the subject of controversy.
Tesla driver assistance systems have failed several times in recent years. is under NHTSA investigation who wanted to find out the real causes of accidents involving American brand cars by investigating whether the autopilot was active and whether the driver used this driving assistance system incorrectly.
Source: HD Motori
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