According to foreign media reports, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said late Tuesday that it would investigate a Tesla crash in Los Angeles on December 29, in which two people were killed.
On December 29, a Tesla Model s ran a red light when driving out of the highway in Gardiner, Los Angeles, and hit a 2006 Honda Civic at a high speed, resulting in the death of a man and a woman in the civic on the spot. A man and a woman in Tesla Model s were injured and hospitalized, but their lives were not in danger.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement that it had sent a special investigation team to inspect vehicles and crash sites. The team has inspected 13 crashes involving Tesla vehicles.
It is unclear whether Tesla's autopilot autopilot assist system was enabled at the time of the accident. Tesla has yet to comment.
Since 2016, autopilot has been associated with at least three fatal crashes in Tesla America. The National Transportation Safety Commission has criticized autopilot for its lack of safeguards.
According to Tesla's official introduction, autopilot automatic assisted driving can enable the vehicle to automatically assist steering, acceleration and braking in the lane.
At present, the autopilot automatic driving assistance function still requires the driver to actively monitor, and the vehicle has not yet realized full automatic driving.