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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has sent letters to 12 major automakers asking them for the same information about their electronic driver assistance functions that they recently requested from Tesla in a probe its partially automated driving system with autopilot and traffic-conscious cruise control.
The group includes Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and nine more manufacturers operating in the US
The NHTSA’s Fault Investigation Office is reviewing the role of autopilot in a dozen crashes involving emergency response stationary vehicles, resulting in 17 injuries and one fatality.
The letters say the data will be used to make a comparative analysis of Tesla’s characteristics and solicit information about each company’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which it defines as capable of “controlling both steering and simultaneous braking / acceleration in some circumstances “while the human driver is continuously involved, including test protocols and fault reports involving the technology.
In July, NHTSA began for the first time requiring automakers to report any ADAS-related accidents that came their way.
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Tesla received its application in August and has until October 22 to provide the information before facing fines, while the rest of the car manufacturers have given several deadlines ranging from 3 to November 17th.
Ford and Stellantis told FOX Business that they will cooperate with NHTSA research, as they always do.