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The US auto-safety regulator is investigating Tesla's Autopilot again to see if the fix they put out in December actually stopped people from misusing it.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is worried because there have been 20 crashes involving cars that got Tesla's software update.
Over 2 million Teslas are part of the investigation as per sources. Tesla's shares dropped about 1.7% after the investigation was announced and they're down more than 30% this year.
This investigation goes against CEO Elon Musk's excitement about Tesla's self-driving systems. He plans to reveal a driverless taxi in August even though he originally said it would be ready by 2020.
Musk thinks getting approval from regulators won't be hard if they prove the self-driving car is safer than a human-driven one. Tesla filed the Autopilot recall in December to fix issues NHTSA pointed out during a long investigation.
Some fixes need car owners to agree, and drivers can undo Tesla's changes easily. NHTSA is also wondering why other Autopilot updates weren't part of the recall.
Tesla has faced criticism before for updating Autopilot without recalling it, especially after NHTSA started investigating
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