The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA) has announced that it is now investigating Tesla for two more accidents that may have been caused by vehicles that were in what the company calls \u201cfull self-driving\u201d mode. One of these is an eight car pileup that was caused by a Tesla Model S in the tunnel before the San Francisco Bay bridge in November and the other is a Model 3 crash in Ohio.<\/p>\n
This brings the total number of NHTSA special crash investigation involving Tesla<\/a> and either Autopilot or Full Self-Driving<\/a> to 41, eight of which were opened in 2022. Of the two new incidents being investigated neither resulted in any deaths or serious injuries, although people were taken to hospital in both cases.<\/p>\n The more serious of the two crashes is the one in San Francisco. It involved a 2021 Tesla Model S<\/a> whose driver says the vehicle was on Full Self-Driving at the time. Witnesses say the vehicle made a sudden lane change before slamming on the brakes, causing other cars to smash into the back of it, resulting in an eight car pileup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n