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The NHTSA has begun investigating a California Tesla crash that killed the driver and injured two.
The agency didn t say if the Tesla Model 3 was operating under either Autopilot or Full Self-Driving, Reuters reported.
NHTSA told Reuters it previously had 28 probes into Tesla crashes, with 24 still under investigation.
The US vehicle safety agency on Wednesday said it was opening a probe into a fatal Tesla crash in California that killed the driver on May 5, according to a Reuters report.
The Model 3 Tesla crashed into an overturned truck on a highway near Fontana, California, injuring the truck driver and a motorist who had pulled over to help. The Tesla driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Crash, arrest draw more scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot system
By JOHN ANTCZAK and TOM KRISHER Associated Press May 12, 2021 6:44pm Text size Copy shortlink:
LOS ANGELES Federal safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the steering wheel.
Experts say both cases
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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) claimed Monday that a driver was involved in the fatal Houston crash that killed two this month, in contrast to the finding presented by authorities that no one was behind the wheel.
What Happened: The revelation was made by executives at Tesla’s Q1 2021 earnings call. The company’s vice president of vehicle engineering Lars Moravy said that Tesla inspected the car with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and local police.
“We were able to find that the steering wheel was indeed deformed. So there must leading to the likelihood that someone was in the driver seat at the time of the crash and all seatbelts post-crash were found to be unbuckled,” said Moravy.