Tesla recalls more than 2 million cars due to serious problems with autopilot

The American electric car manufacturer Tesla is recalling more than two million vehicles after after US regulators found that its Autopilot driver assistance system was was partially defective. This was reported by UNN with reference to The Wall Street Journal.

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Tesla recalls almost all 2 million of its cars on US roads to limit the use of the the use of the autopilot function after a two-year investigation by U.S. by U.S. safety regulators into about 1,000 accidents involving the feature. У In a statement about the recall, Tesla said that the software of the autopilot control system software "may not be sufficient to prevent improper driver misuse" and may increase the risk of an accident.

Thus, the company must install a software update - this applies to different S, X, 3 and Y car models.

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Tesla Autopilot is designed to allow cars to automatically drive, accelerate, and brake automatically within their lane, while Advanced Autopilot can help change lanes on the highway, but does not make cars autonomous. One component of autopilot is autosteering, which maintains a set speed or following distance and works to keep the the car in the lane.

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The U.S. government has been investigating whether autonomous cars for more than two years, investigating whether it is sufficiently guaranteed that drivers are actually are really paying attention to traffic when using autopilot. Tesla has not commented on this before.

As a reminder

Earlier, UNN reported earlier that Tesla Cybertruck was found to be non-compliant with the safety standards of Europe, because on the Old Continent, the regulations prohibit protruding edges of the car - the body must be rounded by at least 3.2 millimeters. To achieve this shape in the Cybertruck is currently impossible.

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