US Probing Automated Driving System Use in 2 Tesla Crashes

US Probing Automated Driving System Use in 2 Tesla Crashes
The Tesla company logo on the hood of an unsold vehicle at a dealership in Littleton, Colo., on Aug. 9, 2020. David Zalubowski/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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The U.S. government’s highway safety agency said Thursday it will send teams to investigate two November crashes in California and Ohio involving Teslas that may have been operating on automated driving systems.

The probes bring to 35 the number of crashes investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) since 2016 in which either Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” or “Autopilot” systems likely were in use. Nineteen people were killed in the crashes.