The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an official investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot following a series of crashes in which at least 17 people were injured and one person died, CNBC reports.<\/p>\n
According to the regulator, since January 2018 there have been 11 crashes in which Tesla vehicles \u201cfound themselves in an emergency situation and subsequently collided with one or more vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the document, most incidents occurred after dark. Many were accompanied by lighting interference created by the flashing lights of emergency vehicles, signal flares or illuminated arrow boards.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u201cThe document states that all involved vehicles were on Autopilot or with cruise control engaged at the time of the crashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Following the announcement, Tesla’s stock fell 4.32%. At the time of writing, shares were trading around $686.17.<\/p>\n
The report covers roughly 765,000 Tesla vehicles of all models produced between 2014 and 2021.<\/p>\n
The federal-level review began several months after the NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board announced an investigation into the causes of the Texas crash<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Regulators have also conducted several checks of Tesla’s Autopilot, including after a Model Y operating in autonomous mode collided with a police car.<\/p>\n