The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration has opened an investigation into 2.56 million Tesla autos after a number of crashes involving the automaker’s “Precise Good Summon” distant parking function.
Tesla launched Precise Good Summon, or ASS for brief, by way of software program replace in September. It permits Tesla house owners to make use of their app to command the car drive itself to them, utilizing solely the automobile’s cameras. The earlier model, Good Summon, additionally relied on ultrasonic sensors, which aren’t included on newer autos.
NHTSA’s Workplace of Defects Investigation (ODI) acquired one criticism alleging that the ASS function resulted in a crash, and has reviewed at the very least three media studies of comparable crashes.
“All 4 incidents contain the topic Tesla autos working in [ASS] failing to detect posts or parked autos, leading to a crash,” reads the report.
The report additionally states that the workplace acquired 12 Good Summon associated complaints alleging a crash typology just like the crashes skilled by ASS customers, all of which left drivers with little time to react to keep away from a crash.
