The child injured in the crash was a 2-year-old who suffered an abrasion to the rear left side of his head as well as a bruise, according to the incident detail report obtained by The Intercept. More than 100 such complaints were filed with NHTSA in a three-month period, according to the Washington Post. In recent months, a surge of reports have emerged in which Tesla drivers complained of sudden “ phantom braking,” causing the vehicle to slam on its brakes at high speeds. Together, these accidents have killed 19 people. Since 2016, the federal agency has investigated a total of 35 crashes in which Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” or “Autopilot” systems were likely in use. Teslas accounted for almost 70 percent of 329 crashes in which advanced driver assistance systems were involved, as well as a majority of fatalities and serious injuries associated with them, the data shows. Tesla vehicles using its “Autopilot” driver assistance system - “Full Self-Driving” mode has an expanded set of features atop “Autopilot” - were involved in 273 known crashes from July 2021 to June of last year, according to NHTSA data. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, has said that it is launching an investigation into the incident. Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option.Ĭongrats to Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone! Just hours before the crash, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had triumphantly announced that Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” capability was available in North America, congratulating Tesla employees on a “major milestone.” By the end of last year, Tesla had rolled out the feature to over 285,000 people in North America, according to the company.
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