Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software was hit with a “recall” by U.S. safety regulators yesterday, due to concerns that the system malfunctions around intersections and does not consistently follow speed limits. I put “recall” in quotes because the company plans to send over-the-air software updates to the 363,000 affected vehicles, so no vehicle will be physically recalled to any service center.
I discussed the implications on KTVU News last night, along with the federal government’s default “hands off” approach when it comes to trusting automakers to follow safety requirements: