The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded its investigation into Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) system, according to documents published on its official website on Thursday. This investigation into Tesla FSD focuses on its possible safety flaws - that is, in heavy fog, strong light or otherroad low visibility conditionsUsing this system in a dangerous manner can put the driver at risk.
Documents on the bureau’s official website show that the investigation began last year and involved3.2 million Tesla vehicles, including electric models such as Model S, X, 3, Y and Cybertruck that can be equipped with the company's FSD driver assistance system.
The agency pointed out that Tesla FSD may appear under conditions of reduced visibility (such as strong light glare, obstruction by suspended objects in the air, etc.)Unable to properly recognize road conditions or fail to issue appropriate warning to the driverproblem.
In many of the crashes reviewed by the bureau, Tesla's system "failed to recognize common road conditions that affected the camera's field of view and/or failed to issue timely alerts when camera performance degraded until immediately before an accident occurred."
Complaints followed a series of accidents in which the vehicles involved had FSD activated within 30 seconds before the collision. In one of the accidents, a Tesla driver with FSD activated struck and killed a pedestrian. The investigation has since been upgraded toEngineering Analysis Phase.
Tesla has not responded to requests for comment so far.