There has been an important development regarding Tesla, which is shown as one of the pioneers of the electric car industry. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a directive regarding the autonomous driving system called FSD used in Tesla cars. Within the scope of this directive, Tesla included about 363,000 cars with FSD into the recall program.
The good thing for Tesla is that this recall program will not be physically carried out. Because the company can offer remote updates (OTA) for its vehicles. As such, Tesla owners will not need to go to factories. The dev team will release a new software update for FSD and this update will be made available to remote vehicles.
The models included in Tesla’s recall program are as follows:
According to NHTSA’s directive, the recall program has been initiated for 2016-2023 Model S and Model Xs, 2017-2023 Model 3s and 2020-2023 Model Ys with the FSD system installed. So what happened that NHTSA officials issued such a directive?
In the directive of NHTSA, it is stated that the autonomous driving system can cause accidents at several points. According to the authorities, vehicles are likely to be involved in an accident in situations related to traffic lights, speed limit signs and lane change. However, no examples were made at this point. So it’s not clear where exactly the FSD went wrong and caused such a recall.
Reaction from Elon Musk: Out of date!
Responding to a post on the subject on Twitter, Elon Musk reacted to NHTSA’s recall decision. However, the reason for this reaction was not physical action but the term “recall”. Elon Musk said: “The word “recall” for a wireless software update is outdated and downright wrong!”
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