After sticking with the same ‘5YJ’ VIN manufacturer code since it started producing the Model S in 2012, Tesla has updated its code for the 2022 model year. But only for some of their vehicles. […]
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an official recall for nearly 12,000 Tesla vehicles. The notice was posted several days after the issue was already fixed. According to the recall notice […]
Mary Louise Cummings is apparently set to become the next safety advisor for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Although not official yet, a government official told Reuters yesterday the Duke University engineering and […]
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is in the midst of an investigation into Tesla and more than a dozen crashes into emergency vehicles since 2018, allegedly when Autopilot was engaged. After the […]
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Monday it has formally rejected a request to investigate Tesla vehicle fires. The petition was originally filed all the way back in October 2019 over […]
Earlier this month we told you about an accident involving a Tesla Model 3 and Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) cruiser in Orlando. The police cruiser was stopped on Interstate 4 assisting an earlier two-vehicle crash […]
Tesla is pushing the US Administration and the US Appeals Court to hike civil penalties for automakers that fail to meet fuel economy requirements. President Trump’s Administration set the effective date of higher penalties to […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent letters to twelve automakers requesting substantial data on their advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The data will help the NHTSA in their on-going investigation of Tesla crashes and […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Autopilot probe has added another crash to their list of Tesla vehicles that have collided with parked emergency vehicles. The government agency has also requested detailed information from […]
On Monday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced they were launching an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist software following several crashes with emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road. Now two […]
