Tesla as a carmaker is globally renowned for its fully autonomous vehicles which allows fully self driving capabilities (FSD) to its cars. Recently, the American carmaker pushed the envelope when it revealed a working prototype of the first ever driverless car without a steering wheel named “Cybercab” at a recently conducted event at Warners Bros Discovery Studio in California.
However, there has been a huge debate regarding the viability and safety in FSD cars which don’t require human intervention for a long time which continues to persist. In a recent development, the United States auto safety regulator opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles equipped with the automaker’s FSD software.
Tesla self-driving cars in firing line
This comes after four collisions involving such cars were reported in recent times, including a fatal crash last year. The first step to this probe is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) preliminary evaluation which will determine if such vehicles pose an unreasonable risk to safety and whether to initiate a recall of all cars equipped with FSD or not.
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Tesla Cybercab (Image: Tesla)
The latest scrutiny of Tesla’s industry-leading Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) comes in the midst of stiff competition from legacy car manufacturers and slowing demand of electric vehicles (EVs) in major international markets. It also dampens the momentous occasion for the company of introducing the world’s first driverless car, just a week ago. Tesla would need NHTSA approval to deploy this vehicle without human controls on the roads.
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NHTSA said it was opening the inquiry after four reports of crashes where FSD was engaged during reduced roadway visibility like sun glare,
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