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Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says


Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation

It also found evidence that “Tesla’s weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot’s permissive operating capabilities”, which resulted in a “critical safety gap”. In February, Consumer Reports, a non-profit organization that evaluates products and services, said its testing of Tesla’s Autopilot recall update found that changes did not adequately address many safety concerns raised by the NHTSA and urged the agency to require the automaker to take “stronger steps”, saying Tesla’s recall “addresses minor inconveniences rather than fixing the real problems”. Tesla said in December it did not agree with the NHTSA’s analysis but would deploy an over-the-air software update that will “incorporate additional controls and alerts to those already existing on affected vehicles to further encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous driving responsibility whenever Autosteer is engaged”.

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