NHTSA PE21020: Autopilot & First Responder Scenes

Make: TESLA. Model: MODEL 3. Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS. On August 13, 2021, NHTSA?s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE21-020) to assess the performance of Tesla?s Autopilot system (a system characterized by Tesla as an SAE Level 2 driving automation system designed to support and assist the driver in performing the driving task) available in Tesla vehicles. The investigation opening was motivated by an accumulation of crashes in which Tesla vehicles

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ethics.ai (13 August 2021), “NHTSA PE21020: Autopilot & First Responder Scenes,” evidence record 19103, https://ethics.ai/record/19103 (originally published by NHTSA ADAS/ADS Investigations).

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