Two consumer safety groups are calling for federal and state investigations of Tesla's semi-autonomous technology in the wake of several fatal crashes linked to the system earlier this year.
Super Cruise and Audi's Traffic Jam Pilot. These systems can, under very limited circumstances, permit a driver to briefly take hands off the wheel but always require the motorist to be ready to take immediate control in an emergency.
In the March 1 crash in Florida, the National Transportation Safety Board determined the driver switched on Autopilot 10 seconds before impact and didn't have his hands on the wheel for the final eight seconds.For its part, Tesla has defended Autopilot. In a statement released in May, it said, "As our quarterly safety reports have shown, drivers using Autopilot register fewer accidents per mile than those driving without it.
"Presumably they are equally opposed to the name "Automobile," the statement suggested. The company also argued that it has gone to great lengths to make consumers aware of the limits of the system, in its owner's manuals, on its website and elsewhere. Together with Consumer Watchdog, the Center wants both the Federal Trade Commission and the California Department of Motor Vehicles to launch immediate probes. The groups contend the automaker violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, as well as California consumer law, arguing that the way Tesla markets Autopilot is "materially deceptive and … likely to mislead consumers into reasonably believing that their vehicles have self-driving or autonomous capabilities.
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