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NHTSA opens Engineering Analysis EA22-002 into Tesla Autopilot driver engagement and foreseeable misuse

NHTSA ODI upgraded its Autopilot probe to Engineering Analysis EA22-002 (June 8 2022, from PE21-020), analyzing 956 crashes and identifying at least 13 fatal crashes involving foreseeable misuse, and finding Tesla an outlier among L2 systems. Resolved concurrently with the Dec 2023 Autosteer recall 23V-838 (covering about 2.03M vehicles). Source: NHTSA ODI INCLA-EA22002 (static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv).

Occurred 2022-06-08 · Tesla · Investigated by NHTSA

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  1. https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
  2. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INOA-EA22002-3184.PDF

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What happened in NHTSA opens Engineering Analysis EA22-002 into Tesla Autopilot driver engagement and foreseeable misuse?
NHTSA ODI upgraded its Autopilot probe to Engineering Analysis EA22-002 (June 8 2022, from PE21-020), analyzing 956 crashes and identifying at least 13 fatal crashes involving foreseeable misuse, and finding Tesla an outlier among L2 systems. Resolved concurrently with the Dec 2023 Autosteer recall 23V-838 (covering about 2.03M vehicles). Source: NHTSA ODI INCLA-EA22002 (static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv).
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