Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi service
NHTSA is auditing about 1,000 Cybercabs after Tesla began rides and self-certified the driverless vehicles as compliant with federal safety standards.
- On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an audit of about 1,000 Cybercab vehicles to investigate whether Tesla's steering-wheel-free taxis comply with federal safety regulations following the Austin launch.
- Federal rules require manual controls for road vehicles, but Tesla relied on self-certification to deploy the two-seater Cybercabs, which lack steering wheels, mirrors, or brake pedals.
- Engineering professor Philip Koopman of Carnegie Mellon University warned Tesla may attempt to "flood the market" using creative interpretations of safety standards, noting the company historically "pushed boundaries on regulations."
- Following news of the probe, Tesla stock fell more than 5 per cent to $357.38 in early Friday trading, reversing financial gains made just one day earlier.
- To assess certification, the agency will "examine the process and technical data" Tesla used, though three former officials noted NHTSA does not always win these legal clashes.
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Feds open probe into Musk’s steering-wheel-free taxis a day after he began offering rides in them – WTOP News
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are opening an investigation into whether Tesla’s new steering-wheel-free taxis comply with safety rules a day after the company began offering rides in the vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was looking into whether Tesla was in full compliance with federal rules in deploying so-called Cybercabs...
Tesla launched the first commercial tests with the Cybercab Robotaxy on public roads in Austin, Texas, operating race tracks. In parallel, the National Highway Traffic Safety Authority (NHTSA) launched a rigorous assessment to verify that the fully autonomous vehicle complies with federal road safety standards.
The U.S. federal authorities are investigating whether Tesla's new unmanned taxis comply with safety rules.
(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = As soon as Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla held a CyberCap launch event in Texas, transportation authorities...
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