![]() “We want it to happen on American soil so that we get these American jobs and we want it to happen in an equitable way that everybody can benefit from.’’ “The bottom line is the automotive sector is going electric, and we want that to happen quickly enough to help us meet our climate goals,” he said. The Justice Department also has asked Tesla for documents about Full Self-Driving and Autopilot.īuttigieg also touted the Biden administration’s efforts to electrify the nation’s auto fleet. The NHTSA also has opened investigations during the past three years into Teslas braking suddenly for no reason, suspension problems and other issues. But the NHTSA said in documents that the system can make unsafe actions such as traveling straight through an intersection from a turn-only lane, going through a yellow traffic light without proper caution or failing to respond to speed limit changes. The system is being tested on public roads by as many as 400,000 Tesla owners. “And I hesitate to say this, but I think we’ll do it this year.” ![]() “The trend is very clearly toward full self-driving,” Musk said in April. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he expects to have fully autonomous vehicles this year, a pledge he has made for several years. The problem was to be fixed with an online software update. In February, the agency pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with the software because the system can break traffic laws. The NHTSA also is looking at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system. ![]() “That’s what we’re trying to shape here at the Department of Transportation.” “It’s far from automatic that it’s going to meet that potential,” he said. But he said the technology has not been proved yet. roadway deaths that happen each year, a level that he called unacceptable. ![]() In the Wednesday interview, Buttigieg said that self-driving vehicles have enormous potential to reduce the nearly 40,000 U.S. ![]()
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