Federal security regulators arrived at Tesla on the day after the start of the automotive industry in his branded Romaia in Austin.
The US National Traffic Service has contacted Tesla after numerous videos published online seems to show that Robotaxis Tesla violates traffic laws at South Austin, where the company provides rides to invited customers. Bloomberg was the First report That NHTSA arrived at Tesla. NHTSA confirmed to TechCrunch that has come into contact with the automotive industry.
“NHTSA is aware of the reports mentioned and contacted the manufacturer to gather additional information,” the company said in an email statement. “The NHTSA will continue to enforce the law on all motor vehicles and equipment manufacturers, in accordance with vehicle safety law and risks -based procedure, the investigation of the organization. Related information, NHTSA will take the necessary steps to protect road safety.”
On Sunday, Tesla began giving paid walks to invited customers at South Austin. The launch, while limited in size and scope, is the first actual test of autonomous car technology. Tesla sells the complete supervised software with confidence to his vehicle owners. FSD handles the steering wheel and braking when involved. However, it is considered an advanced driver help system that requires the driver to have his hands on the steering wheel.
Tesla Robotia is equipped with a non -supervised version of the FSD, although the company has not provided specific details about this software. The Robota, which customers can be broken through an application, is meant to drive on their own. Specifically, Tesla Robotia has a human “security” monitoring sitting in the front passenger seat during these walks.
The videos posted online show the Tesla Roma Looking at the wrong lane.
TechCrunch said Sunday that Ed Niedermeyer, author of “Ludicrous: The non -immersed story of Tesla Motors”, who is on Austin to watch the robbery, took a video showing a Tesla robot that suddenly hits his brakes in two cases. A video that TechCrunch has seen and since then has been Posted on YouTubeIt shows that in both cases Tesla hit the brakes as it approached the police vehicles in parking spaces by the road.
