DETROIT — The U.S. federalgovernment’s car security guarddog is sendingout privateinvestigators to another Tesla crash, this time one that eliminated 2 individuals along Interstate 75 in Florida.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration verified Friday that it sentout a Special Crash Investigations group to probe the Wednesday crash into the back of a semi-trailer at a rest location near Gainesville.
The firm would not state if the Tesla was operating on one of the business’s partly automated driving systems.
The 2015 design year Tesla was takingatrip on Interstate 75 about 2 p.m. Wednesday when, for an unidentified factor, it left into a rest location. It then went into the parking lot and hit the back of a parked Walmart Freightliner tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol stated in a release.
The chauffeur and traveler, both from Lompoc, California, were pronounced dead at the scene.
A message was left Friday lookingfor remark from Austin, Texas-based Tesla.
NHTSA is examining 37 crashes including automated driving systems because2016 Of those, 30 included Teslas, consistingof 11 deadly crashes that haveactually eliminated a overall of 15 individuals.
The company likewise stated in files that it’s examining a deadly pedestrian crash in California including a Tesla Model 3 that occurred this month. It likewise sentout a group to probe a Cruise automat