The EU analyzes 2.6 million Tesla automobiles for this reason

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Tuesday that it has begun an inquiry into about 2.6 million Tesla vehicles following allegations of accidents use its Actually Smart Summon autonomous driving technology.

NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) stated that it had received a complaint alleging an accident while using the feature and had studied at least three media stories of comparable accidents involving it.

The Tesla vehicles involved in the accident did not detect the poles or parked vehicles when they were using Actually Smart Summon, the regulator said.

“The ODI is aware of multiple reports of collisions, both with Smart Summon and Actually Smart Summon, where the user had very little reaction time to avoid a collision, either with available line of sight or by releasing the button on the phone app, which stops the vehicle’s motion,” it added.

Smart Summon was first introduced in September and allows users to remotely move their vehicle toward them or to another area via a smartphone app.

The feature’s predecessor, now known as Dumb Summon, let customers to maneuver their car forward or backward into or out of a parking space.