Beijing time on the morning of June 22, according to reports, the newly disclosed letter shows that early last year, after a Tesla electric car crashed into a parked emergency services vehicle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had Ask Tesla. And a few months later,Department launches massive formal investigation into Tesla electric cars.
In the wake of the crash, NHTSA sent Tesla an eight-page letter asking to meet with Tesla executives to learn about some of the recent crashes and how the system upgrades Tesla was preparing could improve drivers. attention, reducing the risk of hitting a parked vehicle.
According to reports, there have been more than 10 accidents involving Tesla electric vehicles hitting stationary emergency service vehicles (including ambulances), and in August last year, the NHTSA in the United States announced that 765,000 Tesla electric vehicles will be safe. assessment and investigation.
Earlier this month, NHTSA upgraded the safety investigation to include 830,000 Tesla electric vehicles equipped with Autopilot, and plans to conduct an engineering analysis of the system. A technical analysis is also a necessary step before the agency can issue a mass recall of Tesla vehicles.
This month, NHTSA also revealed that,They later discovered 6 more Tesla accidents involving parked emergency services vehicles.
In the above-mentioned letter, NHTSA asked Tesla to respond by May 2021, and so far, NHTSA has not released Tesla’s response. In addition, Tesla has always required that documents submitted to NHTSA be kept confidential.
Tesla had previously disbanded its media outreach office, and a company official declined to comment on the report. NHTSA also did not confirm whether NHTSA officials held face-to-face meetings with Tesla executives following the above-mentioned letter of request.
In the letter, NHTSA requested information such as sales, usage, and crash statistics for the Autopilot system (later an independently sold option). NHTSA is also learning about updates Tesla has made to the system to increase driver awareness.
In the letter, NHTSA cited seven Tesla crashes involving emergency service vehicles and asked Tesla to explain five other crashes in which drivers did not pay attention to road conditions.
In particular, NHTSA is concerned about how Tesla drivers responded when these crashes occurred, and whether subsequent system upgrades by Tesla could change these crashes.
In June of this year, the US NHTSA said that in the Tesla vehicle accident under investigation, the evidence proved that most drivers complied with Tesla’s warning norms to remind drivers to pay attention, which is questionable. Tesla’s warning and reminder norms Is there any effect.
NHTSA said,They’ve counted 16 similar crashes with Tesla vehicles, which were equipped with driver-assisted systems, and struck parked emergency services vehicles, including emergency vehicles and road maintenance vehicles. Seven of these accidents resulted in injuries and one resulted in death.
Tesla officially explained that the Autopilot system can allow electric vehicles to actively brake in an emergency and keep driving in the lane, but the system cannot completely replace the owner to drive the vehicle.
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