Safety
NHTSA, the US road-safety agency, upgraded its probe of FSD in poor visibility to an Engineering Analysis, the last step before a recall, covering 3,203,754 vehicles and nine crashes, one fatal.
A crash, recall, injury or investigation
What the source says
“In March, NHTSA upgraded its investigation into FSD in reduced-visibility conditions to an Engineering Analysis covering 3,203,754 vehicles, the last step before a recall.”
What it means
FSD (Supervised), from Tesla, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Safety events don't move a stage on their own, but they stay on the robot's record.
Human help: A person sits at the wheel, ready to take over.
More on FSD (Supervised)
- Tesla said in its third-quarter shareholder letter that it had 1.74 million active FSD subscriptions, up 67% from a year earlier, counting past upfront buyers but not free trials.
- Tesla changed its Referral Program so owners earned a free month of FSD (Supervised), a driver-assistance system needing constant attention, each time someone subscribed through their link, up to 12 times a year.
- Seoul police booked 80 people for using add-on devices to switch on FSD in Teslas not approved for it in South Korea, with police saying safety risks were confirmed.
- Latvia's road safety agency approved FSD (Supervised), a driver-assistance system needing constant attention and sold in Europe as Tesla Assisted Driving, making Latvia the 10th EU country to allow it.
- Turo said that from October 28, US renters could search for Teslas with FSD (Supervised) turned on, a driver-assistance system needing constant attention, with each car's status checked directly with Tesla.
- Tesla's AI vice president said Tesla was building its own maps from what its cars collectively learn, to fix FSD problems with speed limits, parking and choosing routes.