NHTSA probes Tesla's Autopilot recall fix after 20 crashes, seeking details on its development and testing to assess the remedy's effectiveness.
by TOM KRISHER AP Auto WriterFILE - Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company's Autopilot partially automated driving system.
The agency asked for volumes of information about how Tesla developed the fix, and zeroed in on how it used human behavior to test the recall effectiveness. Missy Cummings, a professor of engineering and computing at George Mason University who studies automated vehicles, said NHTSA is responding to criticism from legislators for a perceived lack of action on automated vehicles.
A message was left by The Associated Press early Tuesday seeking comment from Tesla about the letter. Cummings said her research has shown that once a driving system takes over steering from humans, there is little left for the human brain to do. Many drivers tend to overly rely on the system and check out.
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