NHTSA probes 2.9 million Tesla cars after crashes self-driving crashes
NHTSA probes 2.9 million Tesla cars after crashes self-driving crashes
Traffic safety regulators cite reports of Tesla vehicles with self-driving tech driving through red traffic signals and making dangerous lane changes.
Read the full article on CBS Money
Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, reporting on the NHTSA probe into Tesla's FSD. There's a slight bias due to the framing of 'self-driving crashes' when the system is technically driver-assisted and under investigation for traffic violations, not necessarily proven crashes caused solely by the system.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: NHTSA is probing 2.9 million Tesla cars.
- Verification Source #1: Reuters reports that the US opened a probe into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles.
- Verification Source #5: Yahoo Finance Canada confirms that Tesla faces an NHTSA probe over FSD traffic violations affecting an estimated 2.9 million vehicles.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The probe is related to self-driving crashes.
- Verification Source #1: Reuters mentions the probe is over traffic-safety violations after a series of crashes.
- Verification Source #5: Yahoo Finance Canada states the probe is due to reports of traffic safety violations.
- Assessment: Supported, but the term 'self-driving crashes' might be misleading as the system is driver-assisted.
- Claim: Tesla vehicles with self-driving tech are driving through red traffic signals and making dangerous lane changes.
- Verification Source #0: The CBS Money article states that traffic safety regulators cite reports of Tesla vehicles with self-driving tech driving through red traffic signals and making dangerous lane changes.
- Assessment: Supported by the article itself, and indirectly supported by the other sources mentioning traffic safety violations, but the specific details are not independently verified by the provided sources.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Reuters: 'US opens probe into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles over traffic-safety violations after a series of crashes'
- Yahoo Finance Canada: 'Tesla faces NHTSA probe over FSD traffic violations'