New York – Federal security regulators have asked the Elon Musk car company to explain how their driver without driver will avoid accidents when they go to the highway on Texas next month before a national “Robotaxi” release that is key to maintaining the price of their shares high.
Tesla has been told to provide information on how your taxis will work safely in Austin, Texas, when there is fog, solar glow, rain and other low visibility conditions that have been linked to accidents that involve the company’s conductive assistance software. Those accidents, including one that killed a pedestrian, triggered the National Road Traffic Safety Administration for launch an investigation In October 2.4 million Musk vehicles.
The billionaire assured investors in a profit call last month that the Robotaxi service would be launched in Austin as planned and quickly drive millions of robotaxis and other autonomous autonomous teslas that operate throughout the country by the end of the year.
“We expect a green light after Tesla’s response, but the great approach is in the most widespread releases in the United States after the Austin pilot begins,” said Wedbush Seturities Dan Ives’s actions analyst. “It’s a crucial moment for musk.”
In that same call, Musk said he was moving away from his work as the tsar of the government’s government government Donald Trump. Tesla shares have increased 45% since then, but approximately 17% to date have still decreased.
Regulators routinely request security information from car manufacturers and NHTSA’s order itself is not alarming, although it could lead to Austin’s launching delays if Tesla’s responses to the nine -page letter made by the agency on Monday are not satisfactory. The agency gave Tesla until June 19 to provide an answer.
Federal regulators have limited powers on the new Tesla taxis that operate without a wheel or brake pedals because there are no national regulations on autonomous driving technology. One fall is that vehicles themselves must still exceed long -standing security controls.
“NHTSSA can force a retirement, either ‘voluntarily’, by Tesla, or ordering a retreat,” said Ann Carlson, former chief of the NHTSSA in functions. “However, the agency cannot require any previous approval before Tesla can be launched.”
In the letter, the regulators raised several questions to Tesla, in addition to those about the conditions of low visibility. They requested the number and models of the taxis, when and where taxis will be implemented in the coming months, how they will be remotely monitored by Tesla in real time, cameras and other sensors that are used to guide vehicles, the specific measures used to judge if they are sailing through the streets in a safe way and the names of people in Tesla perform those evaluations.
In his telephone conference of investors last month, Musk spoke of a future that leads effortlessly in the future.
“Can you go to sleep in our cars and wake up in your destination?” The billionaire asked, then replied: “I am sure it will be available in many US cities. UU. At the end of this year.”
If such a future does not arrive soon, the company could have difficulty justifying the still high price of the shares.
Tesla reported a 71% drop in profits in the first quarter while Angry protests faced On the hug of Musk of extreme right -wing politicians in Europe and their role in reducing the government’s work that has divided the country.
