Tesla Recalls , 2 Million Vehicles , Over Autopilot Feature.<br />'The Guardian' reports that Tesla has ordered a recall of <br />over 2 million vehicles in the United States over safety <br />concerns about its Autopilot driver-assistance system.<br />The recall comes after the National Highway <br />Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said <br />Autopilot was vulnerable to "foreseeable misuse.".<br />In a recall filing, Tesla said that the <br />driver-assistance system controls "may not <br />be sufficient to prevent driver misuse.".<br />In August of 2021, the NHTSA opened an <br />investigation after identifying over a dozen <br />crashes involving the Autopilot feature. .<br />Ann Carlson, the acting NHTSA <br />administrator, told Reuters it was , "really important that driver monitoring <br />systems take into account that <br />humans over-trust technology.".<br />The Autopilot feature steers, <br />accelerates and brakes automatically, <br />keeping a driver within their lane.<br />The advanced Autopilot <br />mode can even help with <br />lane changes on the highway. .<br />While Tesla said it did not agree with the NHTSA's <br />findings, the automaker agreed to deploy an <br />over-the-air software update to address the issue.<br />According to Tesla, the update will , "incorporate additional controls and alerts to those <br />already existing on affected vehicles to further <br />encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous <br />driving responsibility whenever Autosteer is engaged.".<br />Since 2016, the NHTSA has recorded over three <br />dozen crashes where Autopilot was believed to <br />be involved, with 23 associated deaths to date
