A federal agency has rejected a 2019 petition over non-crash-related Tesla fires, which the automaker later released an update to fix, as shown on Monday in a filing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined a petition to open a formal investigation into non-crash-related fires in China, according to a Reuters report syndicated on […]
After Tesla pressed a U.S. court to reinstate previous high emissions penalties in March, the company is doing it again – this time following similar plans. Tesla has asked President Biden’s administration, as well as a U.S. appeals court, to increase penalties for vehicle manufacturers that don’t meet fuel emissions standards, according to Reuters. A […]
The federal safety regulator in the U.S. has requested help from 12 other automobile manufacturers as it investigates Tesla crashes with emergency responder vehicles involving Autopilot. On Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it sent letters to 12 companies including Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors (GM) and Ford as it works on a […]
Following the Trump administration’s removal of high emissions penalties put in place by the Obama administration, Tesla is calling on a U.S. appeals court to reinstate the regulation, which would more than double penalties for auto manufacturers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements, according to Reuters. On January 14, before President Joe Biden took office, […]
Image via Fox 2 Detroit Last Thursday a Tesla crashed into a semi-truck’s trailer in Detroit, Michigan, sending a driver and passenger of the electric vehicle to hospital with injuries. The Tesla crashed into the side of the trailer at about 3:20am at Waterman and Fort Street, wedging the vehicle underneath the trailer, and sending […]
In a letter addressed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officially took notice of how autonomous driving technology is currently being tested, and lobbied for changes in regulation thereof — reports CNBC. The letter, which name-drops Tesla 16 times, details how essentially unfinished driver-less tech like Tesla’s Full […]
Tesla’s recently-released yoke-style steering wheel has come under investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has now released a new statement on its investigation of the steering wheel. Thursday, the NHTSA told Teslarati in a statement, “NHTSA is aware of the recently launched Tesla steering yoke in certain Model S vehicles. We requested […]
Both the Tesla Model S and Model X recently got a major line refresh, but US regulators are calling the new ‘yoke-style’ steering wheel into question, wondering if it meets federal regulations. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told Roadshow that it had reached out to Tesla regarding the new yoke-style steering […]
According to a KBA spokesman, the German motor transport authority has launched an inquiry into the safety risks associated with possible touchscreen failure on Tesla’s vehicles, formally asking the electric car manufacturer for information on the matter (via Reuters). The issue being investigated is a Media Control Unit (MCU) failure that renders Tesla’s touchscreens completely […]
According to Autoblog, Tesla has filed an official petition with the U.S.’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to deem the interchangeable imperial/metric system speed display found on over 612,000 Tesla vehicles produced since 2012 a non-issue. Documents from the filing, released on Friday, detail that the ability to switch the speed display on a vehicle […]
Despite Tesla’s 5-star safety achievements for its Model Y SUV from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the U.S. regulator has now asked the automaker to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles, reports Reuters. The issue at stake is related to media control unit (MCU) failures, which are seen as safety risks. The […]
While Tesla’s cars are largely considered safe from accidents and other driving-related incidents, the biggest criticism of electric vehicle (EV) safety in general is the correlation with battery fires. In a new bid to push the EV auto industry towards safer car batteries, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Saturday it will increase […]
Another major benefit of Tesla’s cars, beyond their lack of carbon emissions, is the sheer level of safety they offer. From one test to the next, Tesla continues to make improvements to the safety of its cars, and in a recent test, it showed the same marked improvement one might expect. In a recent set […]
Tesla has been involved in a number of different safety probes over the past year, some of which were even caused by events or accidents that happened on the road. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it would deny a petition to seek formal review of 662,000 Tesla vehicles, as […]
Tesla is no stranger to bugs and flaws with its cars, and a new investigation may even expand the number of cars that Tesla will need to address. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it has opened an investigation into about 115,000 Tesla vehicles, as reported by Reuters. The newest […]
