NHTSA opens investigation into Tesla remote parking features

The Nationwide Freeway and Visitors Security Administration is the distant parking options in some Tesla autos. The instruments in query are Good Summon and the sadly acronymed Precise Good Summon, which makes use of cameras within the automobile to robotically management the parking course of.

The company’s Workplace of Defects Investigation has obtained 12 complaints of alleged crashes from the Good Summon function and one grievance about Precise Good Summon use allegedly leading to a crash. It has additionally reviewed three media stories of seemingly related collisions involving Precise Good Summon the place the motive force didn’t have the time to react to keep away from a crash. The distant parking function is accessible in an estimated 2.6 million autos, together with the 2016-2025 Mannequin S, 2016 Mannequin X, 2018-2025 Mannequin Xs, 2019-2025 Mannequin 3s, and 2019-2025 Mannequin Ys.

Tesla reported its in deliveries at first of the month. The corporate reported about 1.78 million automobile deliveries over 2024, in contrast with 1.81 million in 2023.