Tesla Recalls , 2 Million Vehicles , Over Autopilot Feature.
'The Guardian' reports that Tesla has ordered a recall of over 2 million vehicles in the United States over safety concerns about its Autopilot driver-assistance system.
The recall comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Autopilot was vulnerable to "foreseeable misuse.".
In a recall filing, Tesla said that the driver-assistance system controls "may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse.".
In August of 2021, the NHTSA opened an investigation after identifying over a dozen crashes involving the Autopilot feature.
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Ann Carlson, the acting NHTSA administrator, told Reuters it was , "really important that driver monitoring systems take into account that humans over-trust technology.".
The Autopilot feature steers, accelerates and brakes automatically, keeping a driver within their lane.
The advanced Autopilot mode can even help with lane changes on the highway.
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While Tesla said it did not agree with the NHTSA's findings, the automaker agreed to deploy an over-the-air software update to address the issue.
According to Tesla, the update will , "incorporate additional controls and alerts to those already existing on affected vehicles to further encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous driving responsibility whenever Autosteer is engaged.".
Since 2016, the NHTSA has recorded over three dozen crashes where Autopilot was believed to be involved, with 23 associated deaths to date
