NHTSA says the Tesla Model Y is the first car to pass its new safety tests. The agency is simultaneously investigating 3.2 million Teslas for crashing.
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The Trump administration announced the Tesla Model Y is the first car to pass NHTSA’s new driver assistance safety tests. The same agency is investigating 3.2 million Teslas for crashing while using the company’s more advanced system.
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that the Tesla Model Y is the first vehicle to pass NHTSA’s new advanced driver assistance safety tests. The same agency is simultaneously investigating 3.2 million Tesla vehicles for crashing while using the company’s more advanced self-driving system. The announcement celebrates Tesla for passing a test that measures whether a car can detect a pedestrian. The investigation examines whether Tesla’s cars can detect a pedestrian.
The distinction between the two is the distance between what the tests measure and what the technology attempts. The ADAS benchmark evaluates features that are standard equipment on dozens of vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, BMW, and others. The investigation covers...
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