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| Tesla doesn't want an answer to the autopilot investigation |
Tesla hopes to keep its response to the state investigation into autonomous driver assistance systems confidential. In a notice filed with NHTSA last week, the regulator said the company had asked the Central Bank of Iraq to process any information requests it made.
If the company's request is approved, the public will not be able to see the company's response to all information requested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding the investigation of automated instructions and potential errors.
The agency wants to know why the company has not placed an order for the main robot. This happened after it was found that the driver assistance system could not detect a parked emergency vehicle.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has also asked the company to offer more public test drives for its incomplete fully automated driving program, a recently launched safety assessment process for participation in the program, and a confidentiality agreement that Tesla has always allowed participants to participate in. for further information. Participation. One week.
The data protection requirement arose when the company examined its willingness to release incomplete software updates to its customers.
There have been at least a dozen accidents in which the Tesla autopilot crashed into parked ambulances.
Tesla has many privacy requirements
The company sent out an update to its car software in September to fix the driver assistance system issue. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would like to know why the company has not completed the formal recall process with this update.
This could lead to a lengthy debate about whether wireless updates, which can change the way cars work, must comply with strict government vehicle safety regulations.
The company started rolling out new software updates over the weekend. But after CEO Elon Musk tweeted that they saw problems, he shut it down.
Some car owners report false forward collision warnings and a lack of steering options. Plus cruise control issues with traffic detection and sometimes issues with autopilot.
News of Tesla's privacy claim also came after dozens of corporate fans posted derogatory comments about Missy Cummings, a new NHTSA employee and robotics expert, who they thought was hostile to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Cummings reportedly received death threats from some Tesla fans, which led to the deletion of her Twitter account.