Autonomous Vehicle News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. Messages were left seeking comment from the Justice Department and from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relations department. A separate probe into Teslas that were using Autopilot when they crashed into emergency vehicles started in August 2021. Including the Florida crash, NHTSA has sent investigators to 35 Tesla crashes in which automated systems are suspected of being used. Since 2021, Tesla has been beta-testing “Full Self-Driving” using owners who haven’t been trained on the system, but are actively monitored by the company.