Washington: The US auto industry’s safety regulator said it would investigate whether Tesla’s recall of more than two million vehicles in December was sufficient.
The move comes after several recent car accidents.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has raised questions about Tesla’s ability to install software updates on recalled vehicles.
NHTSA announced that it was “initiating an investigation in response to concerns related to the crash incident and NHTSA’s preliminary test results of the repaired vehicle.”
According to the agency, Tesla has not updated any software to address the issues that pose an unreasonable security risk.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist was recently killed in Washington after being run over by a Tesla on Autopilot.
According to reports, the Tesla driver put the car on autopilot and used his phone.
According to the Seattle Times, the driver was arrested for “driving recklessly on autopilot and being distracted by his cell phone while driving. The driver believed the car was going to run over him.
