Tesla Robotaxi’s captured events in Austin Austin get a NHTS concern

Tesla Monday was contacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration video Robotaxis by the company published in Social Media was chaotically driven in Austin’s public roads, in Texas.

Elon Musk’s The electric vehicle manufacturer may defuted autonomous trips Austin On Sunday, the service is only opened to a limited number of cyclists by invitation.

In online-shared videos, a path of Tesla robotaxi traveled the wrong path down the road, and another showed Hard brake In the middle of traffic, “responding to stop police vehicles, among many other examples.”

A NHTS spokesman said the agencies “that the aforementioned events are aware and contacts the manufacturer to collect additional information”.

Tesla Vehicle Engineering Vice President Lars Moravy and Casey Blaine regulatory advice did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The federal security regulator says that “new technology or vehicle systems are previously accepted.” Instead, the cars ensure that each vehicle model complies with the safety regulations of motor vehicles. The agency has said “security errors”, “events” with “facts” with potential errors, the necessary actions to protect road safety, “after evaluating many reports and information.

NHTSA began before investigation With the FSD-controlled technology or FSD beta systems in possible security errors, following harmful and serious accidents. That probe is constant.

Austin Tesla Robotaxis are companies and SUV models, equipped with the latest FSD software and hardware of the company. Pilot robotax service, between two dozen vehicles, acts during the day of day and makes good weather, with the human security in the previous passenger seat.

The service is now limited to invited users, which support the “Early Access Program” Terms of Tesla. Those who have received guests are the Promoters, Stocks and Directors of the Tesla Products.

While the departure sent Tesla Rose by 8% On Monday, the starting point fell a lot of Musk’s driver promise in the last decade.

In 2015, Muskes would obtain the Shareholders Tesla cars in three years would achieve “complete autonomy”. In 2016, he said Tesla EV would be able to take the country’s career without the end of 2017 without having to be human intervention. And in 2019, In a call with institutional investors When this helped more than $ 2 Billion, Tesla would have serious robotaxi robotaxi ready in the road in 2020, able to complete 100 hours a week to earn money for their owners.

That didn’t happen.

In the meantime, Alphabet-Yes, he says that he has exceeded 10 million paid trips per month. Competitors In ChinaIncluding Baidu’s Apollo Go, Weride and Pony.Aai, are also using commercial robotax fleets.

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