The NHTSA requested a response by June 19. The letter said Tesla may be fined up to $27,874 per day if the agency does not receive a prompt response, with a maximum fine of $139,356,994.

The NHTSA letter aims to determine whether the automated driving software Tesla will use for its planned robotaxi service is the same or similar to FSD Supervised available to Tesla customers.

NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program. The agency wants to know how closely its planned robotaxi service in ...

DOGE’s NHTSA firings disproportionately included more staffers involved in assessing vehicle self-driving safety features in driver assistant software like Tesla’s Autopilot.

NHTSA has logged more than 1,800 crashes involving Autopilot ... Sec. Duffy received a letter from Consumer Reports with similar ... "As the Secretary made clear during his confirmation ...

“As the Secretary made clear during his confirmation hearing, he is committed to allowing NHTSA’s investigators to follow the evidence and operate objectively,” the spokesperson continued ...

NHTSA launched a separate investigation in January. That investigation is looking into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over reports of crashes related to a feature that allows the cars to be moved remotely ...

Even without approved administrators for FMCSA or NHTSA, Duffy’s influence over 57,000 employees and 13 agencies is already changing trucking's regulatory landscape.

NHTSA said in a statement emailed to the Detroit Free Press that under President Joe Biden, the agency grew 30% and remains larger than it had in previous administrations despite the cuts.

NHTSA employed nearly 800 people as of January. It is relatively small but plays a leading role in the federal government’s efforts to reduce the annual death toll on the nation’s roads.

On Tuesday night, shortly after his confirmation, new Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy sent a letter to the NHTSA directing that agency to "commence an immediate review and reconsideration ...

The GM Renaissance Center and General Motors headquarters building, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Detroit. The auto industry giant is facing an NHTSA preliminary probe into hundreds of thousands of ...