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NHTSA opens a formal investigation into Tesla Autopilot crashes

NHTSA opened a formal investigation covering about 765,000 Tesla vehicles after identifying 11 emergency-scene crashes involving Autopilot or Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, with 17 injuries and one death.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM44confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

A federal safety investigation imposed formal oversight on widely deployed driving automation after a documented fatal crash pattern and explicitly examined driver-engagement controls. The investigation itself did not yet mandate a remedy.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 44 · confidence 96

    New August 2021 federal autonomy-safety investigation absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “NHTSA opens a formal investigation into Tesla Autopilot crashes” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 44 and confidence 96 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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