Tesla's driverless summon feature probed by NHTSA, putting spotlight again on autonomous safety
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening a new investigation into Tesla (TSLA), this time concerning its “Actually Smart Summon” feature, putting the company’s autonomous features in the spotlight once again.
Tesla faces US auto-safety scrutiny over new Smart Summon feature; active probe on crash concerns
US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary evaluation on 2.6 million Tesla vehicles after reports of issues with the Smart Summon Feature, reported Bloomberg.
Over 2.5 million Tesla vehicles under investigation over self-driving feature, NHTSA says
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it is investigating nearly 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over a remote driving feature.
Regulators probe Tesla’s vehicle-summoning technology after crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tesla’s automated summoning feature has been linked to at least four crashes.
Tesla under investigation for parking retrieval feature crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into crashes It said occurred while Tesla vehicles were operating with a parking feature that allows owners to summon a car from a parking space without anyone being in the vehicle.
US opens another Tesla probe, latest focused on tech that remotely returns car to driver
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said Tuesday that Tesla has failed to report any of the accidents. Tesla is under order to report crashes on “publicly accessible roads” involving vehicles being operated through its autonomous driving technology.
After 4 crashes, NHTSA to examine Tesla feature that allows cars to move via phone app
Tesla owners can move cars equipped with Actually Smart Summon, but federal regulators plan to study the feature's safety.
Tesla faces US probe over driverless vehicle-summon feature
Tesla Inc. is under federal scrutiny over concerns that a newly released driver-assistance feature could result in crashes, the latest move by auto-safety regulators to investigate the electric-car maker’s technology.
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