The US safety agency NHTSA is once more out steering against Tesla, and this time the company could have really screwed up. The NHTSA is investigating two reports of steering wheels that fell off while driving.
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US start-up Rivian is recalling 12,716 of its electric cars. A defective sensor in the seatbelt assembly could cause the front passenger airbag not to deploy in the event. The recalled vehicles were produced between 10 September 2021 and 15 September 2022.
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The US electric car start-up Lordstown Motors has announced that it has experienced performance and quality issues with certain Endurance components that have led the company to temporarily stop production and customer deliveries.
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is forcing Tesla to update its FSD (Full Self Driving) software for the Autopilot driver assistance system in around 362,000 vehicles. Elon Musk is furious, especially about the classification as a “recall” – again.
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BMW recalls over 14,000 hybrid electric cars in the US. The affected vehicles of type iX, i4 and i7 were manufactured with an electronic control unit for the battery pack that could cause a loss of power due to a software issue.
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Tesla once more has to solve a safety issue via an over-the-air update. This time, it affects around 321,000 vehicles in the USA because the rear lights may sometimes not light up.
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Tesla has to install a software update in almost 1.1 million of its electric cars in the USA due to safety concerns. The safety authority NHTSA points to a malfunction of the automated window closing system in several Tesla models.
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BMW has issued a recall for a small number of its iX and i4 EVs in the US due to a possible fire hazard. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 56 iX and 27 i4 were “manufactured with a high-voltage battery that may not have been produced to specifications by the supplier”.
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The US auto safety agency NHTSA has decided that carmakers and EV owners may not choose their noises to warn pedestrians of their vehicles’ approach. Instead, electrified cars will have to give a standardized warning sound at low speeds.
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More than 750 Tesla drivers have complained to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about unmediated braking manoeuvres of their cars when controlled by the Autopilot system. Tesla must respond to the allegations by 20 June.
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The US Federal Highway and Vehicle Safety Administration is moving to investigate LG Energy Solution’s faulty battery cells that led to fires in electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to ensure that all defective batteries have been recalled by car manufacturers.
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The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced new fuel economy standards which follow President Biden’s executive order to drive American leadership forward on clean cars.
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration significantly increases the penalties for car manufacturers with fleets that do not stay within emission regulations. For the model years 2019 to 2021, NHTSA nearly tripled the penalty and announced further increases for 2022.
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Tesla has to repair more than 50,000 of its electric cars in the USA that are equipped with the beta version of the software ‘Full Self-Driving’. The reason is that the software enables rolling stops at intersections and does not completely stop the car before a stop sign.
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Hyundai has to recall 2,679 units of the all-electric Ioniq EV in the US. The reason is an electronic fault in the CAN bus system that can put the car into a “fail-safe” mode.
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The US regulation authority NHTSA has notified Tesla of recall obligations over update and wants more info on FSD test. Additionally, Tesla has been asked for more information about the non-disclosure agreement it made ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ testers agree to.
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reopening an investigation into Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ driver assistance system. It refers to eleven incidents between January 2018 and July 2021 in which Tesla models hit emergency vehicles parked on the side of the road. This resulted in 17 injuries and one death.
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NHTSA, the US American Federal Highway and Vehicle Safety Administration, launched an investigation in response to complaints about Chevrolet Bolt electric cars catching fire. Again, there appears to be a problem with the batteries.
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The US NHTSA has launched a probe over a potential design flaw in older Model S battery packs that could prove dangerous. Reportedly, parts in the cooling mechanism in 2012 to 2016 Tesla Model S units could render the battery pack useless or even cause fires.
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The President of the USA, Donald Trump has just dramatically reduced fuel efficiency standards. These are now only required to increase by 1.5% each year through model year 2026 instead of the 5% annual increases introduced in 2012 by the Obama government.
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Founded by former Google engineers, the US start-up Nuro is to make goods delivery autonomous and electric. They now launched the next-gen pod, R2, and say they can start testing in Houston within weeks. Regulators have approved a driverless exemption for this purpose.
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It is looking like an imminent start of delivery of the Tesla Model Y – among other indications, a Tesla employee is said to have claimed it will be ready in two weeks, and Tesla has already registered Model Y’s vehicle identification numbers (VINs).
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Tesla has spoken up against the NHTSA petition claiming that Teslas accelerate on their own: “This petition is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller.”
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been petitioned to investigate cases where Tesla vehicles allegedly “suddenly” accelerated without driver intervention, particularly when parking.
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California and 22 other US states have now filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, who is trying to deny them the right to set their own – higher – emissions standards. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has also just signed two laws to tighten emission standards for trucks and other vehicles.
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US-President Donald Trump wants to deny California the right to set its environmental standards for cars. Following reports last year, Trump has now announced this himself via Twitter.
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The Tesla Model 3 has received the highest recommendation from the US NHTSA for safety. Similarly impressive reviews had also been given to the Model X and Model S in the past.
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The US government behind Donald Trump has gotten more specific with the measures announced in April that would loosen environmental requirements for vehicles. California and 18 other states have already announced their intention to defy the regulation.
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Teslas production elements are working hard to keep up with a market. The newest figures for the Model 3 Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN), which is used to keep track of individual vehicles in the USA, has crossed the 11,000 milestone.
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German carmaker BMW has announced a stop-sale and recall on all BMW i3’s sold in the States. This affects all-electric models as well as i3 versions with range extender – all in all approximately 30,000 units.
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