Tesla users alarmed by self-driving crashes in parking lots

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UNITED STATES (REUTERS) - United States (US) regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s Smart Summon feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday (Oct 2). . Read more at straitstimes.com.

UNITED STATES - United States regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s Smart Summon feature, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday .

The feature enables customers to use an app to summon their driverless Tesla vehicle to leave a parking space and navigate around obstacles to meet its owner. Footage like this one from Frisco, Texas, show a red Model 3 Tesla Nearly colliding with an SUV as it pulled out of a private parking lot to meet its owner.

Another customer in Omaha, Nebraska told Reuters while he loves his Tesla, the summons feature has not functioned as expected. His car took a longer route through an empty parking lot to make its way back to him.

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