By Gregory Wallace Federal investigators are expanding their probe of Teslas that have slammed into parked first responders’ vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday its investigation now encompasses 830,000 vehicles with similar driver assist technology.
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Federal investigators expand probe into Tesla Autopilot crashes
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Teslas with Autopilot a Step Closer to Recall After Crashes
By Gregory Wallace Federal investigators are expanding their probe of Teslas that have slammed into parked first responders’ vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday its investigation now encompasses 830,000 vehicles with similar driver assist technology.
NHTSA has elevated an investigation into the Tesla Autopolot feature's ability to respond to emergency vehicles to an engineering analysis that may lead to a recall.
NHTSA's engineering analysis will further explore what may have happened in the incidents. It says, "on average," Autopilot disengaged just before the crashes.
An engineering analysis is the final stage of an investigation, and in most cases the NHTSA decides within a year if there should be a recall or if the probe should be closed
