The NHTSA launched a probe last year following a series of collisions with first-response vehicles involving Teslas equipped with its ‘Autopilot’ driver-assistance system. — Bloomberg
NEW YORK: Tesla chief executive Elon Musk often touts the arrival of completely autonomous vehicles as imminent, but exactly how close that future is for the electric automaker remains murky.
Meanwhile, the company is launching new features in a US regulatory environment that has often taken a laissez-faire approach to emerging technologies, while using terms like Full Self Driving (FSD) that critics view as misleading.
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