Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the Tesla Autopilot name is misleading. The system along with Full Self-Driving is under investigation.
Tesla, based in Austin, Texas, didn't immediately return messages left Thursday by the AP seeking comment.
Autopilot can keep a car in its lane and away from vehicles in front of it, while Full Self-Driving can take on more driving tasks. But in each case, Tesla tells owners they must be ready to intervene at all times. Buttigieg said the Transportation Department will hold Tesla or any other company accountable for complying with federal safety standards. “We call balls and strikes,” he said."I view it as something where it's very important to be very objective. But anytime a company does something wrong or a vehicle needs to be recalled or a design isn't safe, we're going to be there."
In the Wednesday interview, Buttigieg said that self-driving vehicles have enormous potential to reduce the nearly 40,000 U.S. roadway deaths that happen each year, a level that he called unacceptable. But he said the technology has not been proved yet. “It's far from automatic that it's going to meet that potential," he said. “That's what we're trying to shape here at the Department of Transportation.
The NHTSA also is looking at Tesla's Full Self-Driving system. In February, the agency pressured Tesla into
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