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aanet ◴[] No.41880878[source]
About damn time NHTSA opened this full scale investigation. Tesla's "autonowashing" has gone on for far too long.

Per Reuters [1] "The probe covers 2016-2024 Model S and X vehicles with the optional system as well as 2017-2024 Model 3, 2020-2024 Model Y, and 2023-2024 Cybertruck vehicles. The preliminary evaluation is the first step before the agency could seek to demand a recall of the vehicles if it believes they pose an unreasonable risk to safety."

Roughly 2.4 million Teslas in question, with "Full Self Driving" software after 4 reported collisions and one fatality.

NHTSA is reviewing the ability of FSD’s engineering controls to "detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions."

Tesla has, of course, rather two-facedly called its FSD as SAE Level-2 for regulatory purposes, while selling its "full self driving" but also requiring supervision. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No other company has been so irresponsible to its users, and without a care for any negative externalities imposed on non-consenting road users.

I treat every Tesla driver as a drunk driver, steering away whenever I see them on highways.

[FWIW, yes, I work in automated driving and know a thing or two about automotive safety.]

[1] https://archive.is/20241018151106/https://www.reuters.com/bu...

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1. ivewonyoung ◴[] No.41883520[source]
> Roughly 2.4 million Teslas in question, with "Full Self Driving" software after 4 reported collisions and one fatality.

45000 people die yearly just in the US in auto accidents. Those numbers and timeline you quoted seem insignificant at first glance magnified by people with an axe to grind like that guy running anti Tesla superbowl ads, who makes self driving software like you.