Following crashes, the EU is looking into Tesla’s self-driving software in 2.4 million vehicles.
The U.S. auto safety regulator announced Friday the opening of an investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Drive (FSD) software after learning of four crashes, one of them fatal, involving its driver-assist technology in low-visibility conditions.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the preliminary investigation will cover 2.4 million Tesla vehicles, representing a large portion of the electric automaker’s vehicles on U.S. roads.
As the company deals with increasing competition and waning demand in the auto industry, CEO Elon Musk may find it difficult to concentrate Tesla’s efforts on robotaxi and self-driving technologies in light of the most recent probe.
Among other things, the safety regulator will evaluate FSD’s capacity to recognize and react to low visibility situations, according to the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation.
