Tesla Autopilot safety probe is expanded to 830K vehicles
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has expanded an investigation of Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA
+2.2%) Autopilot to include 830,000 vehicles and new accidents.
The safety regulator has identified new crashes of Tesla (TSLA) vehicles involving Autopilot that occurred with first-responder vehicles at emergency scenes. The agency is now undergoing an engineering analysis to determine if a recall is necessary.
The investigation covers certain Model 3, Model S, Model X, and Model Y from the model years 2014-2021.
Autopilot is Tesla's (TSLA) advanced driver-assistance technology used to help drivers with steering and keeping a safe distance from other vehicles. Drivers using the system are still required to pay attention to the road and have their hands on the wheel.
The electric vehicle maker has not commented on the development at publication time and Elon Musk had not tweeted on it.
Tesla (TSLA) held on to its gain on Thursday after a report on China production and an upgrade from UBS sent shares higher early.