Tesla, the automotive and clean energy company, has halted the release of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta assistance until the software is updated.
This means that Tesla drivers who have not yet downloaded the FSD Beta software will not be able to do so during the temporary suspension, which was put in place after federal regulators deemed the software unsafe.
The company wrote on its website,
“Tesla had issued a voluntary recall on certain Model A, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y vehicles that have installed or are pending installation of software that contains the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta feature. This recall affects US and CA vehicles. Affected Vehicles were identified based on vehicle manufacturing, configuration, and software records.
“A software update which includes the remedy that will improve how FSD Beta negotiates certain driving maneuvers during specific conditions will be deployed over the air (OTA) to add affected vehicles when the software is available”.
Tesla’s move to pause FSD downloads comes less than two weeks after the EV auto carmaker recalled thousands of vehicles due to issues relating to the self-drive assistance tech.
Investors King understands that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) approached Tesla on January 25th as part of their regular communications regarding Autopilot and FSD Beta.
The NHTSA stated that Tesla’s experimental FSD beta software posed a risk of car crashes as it might allow the vehicle to behave unsafely around intersections and fail to respond to changes in posted speed limits or adjust to the driver’s speed.
As required by law and after discussions with NHTSA, Tesla initiated a recall to rectify the defects in the FSD beta system, affecting certain Model Ys, Model 3s, and Model S from 2016-2023.