Tesla robotaxi incidents caught on camera in Austin get NHTSA concern

Tesla Monday was contacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Videos The company, which was broadcasted on social media, showed Robotaxis that Austin driving in a chaotic way on public roads in Texas.

Elon Musk’s electric vehicle manufacturer made autonomous trips in Austin on Sunday and opened the service to a limited number of rider with an invitation.

In the videos commonly shared on social media, a Tesla Robotaxi traveled on a road and the other was shown. hard braking In the middle of the traffic, he responds to “fixed police vehicles outside the driving road”.

In an e-mail, the NHTSA spokesman said the agency “is aware of the referenced events and is in contact with the manufacturer to collect additional information.”

Tesla Vehicle Engineering Vice President Lars Morary and regulatory advisor Casey Blaine did not respond to the request for comments immediately.

The federal security regulator says that “he does not approve new technologies or vehicle systems”. Instead, automobile manufacturers confirm that each vehicle model meets federal motor vehicle safety standards. The agency says that after evaluating a wide variety of reports and information, he will investigate “events that contain potential security defects” and investigate “the necessary actions to protect road safety”.

Nhtsa before investigation After harmful and fatal accidents, Tesla’s FSD -controlled technology or FSD beta systems and possible security defects. This probe continues.

Tesla Robotaxis in Austin is the Model Y SUVs equipped with the company’s newest FSD -controlled software and equipment. The pilot Robotaxi service, which contains less than two dozens of tools, works with a human security supervisor in the front passenger seat during daylight hours and only in good weather.

Service is now limited to Tesla’s “Early Access Program” requirements. Invitations are mostly supporters of Tesla’s products, stocks and CEO.

The presentation, which sent 8% on Monday, was hesitant to fulfill many driverless promises of the launch Musk in the last decade.

In 2015, Musk said that Tesla Cars will get “full autonomy” in three years. In 2016, a Tesla EV said that before 2017, he could make a cross -country drive without the need for any human intervention, and in a call with corporate investors who helped to collect more than 2 billion dollars in 2019, Tesla will have 1 million Robotaxi ready vehicles on the road and employees will have full money for each week.

None of this happened.

Meanwhile, Alphabet-Sayed Waymo said he had exceeded 10 million paid trips last month. Baidu’s opponents in China, including Apollo Go, Wowide and Pony.ai, run commercial Robotaxi fleets.

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