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(Reuters) – The US Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) mentioned on Monday it has requested Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc for extra data after one among its autos collided with a hearth truck in California.
The Contra Costa County fireplace division mentioned in a tweet on Saturday {that a} Tesla automotive struck one among its fireplace vans and that the driving force was pronounced lifeless on the spot.
Since 2016, the NHTSA has opened a number of crash investigations involving Tesla autos the place superior driver help techniques reminiscent of Autopilot had been suspected of getting used.
Tesla has mentioned it can recall greater than 362,000 U.S. autos to replace its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software program after U.S. regulators mentioned the driving force help system didn’t adequately adhere to visitors security legal guidelines and will trigger crashes.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
