Tesla FSD Faces Escalating Regulatory Probe Over Safety Concerns Raised by Former Employee

From:Internet Info Agency

2026-05-31 14:13:00

Several former Tesla employees, including seven data labelers who previously worked on the Full Self-Driving (FSD) project, have recently voiced public concerns about the system's safety, stating they would not ride in vehicles with FSD enabled. They highlighted issues such as the system speeding, failing to detect and yield to emergency vehicles, not stopping for school buses, and nearly colliding with pedestrians and animals. According to these former employees, these problems have not received sufficient attention from engineers and management, with company resources instead being disproportionately focused on handling rare, extreme scenarios. Meanwhile, regulatory scrutiny of FSD has intensified. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded its investigation into FSD, now covering approximately 3.2 million Tesla vehicles. Regulatory authorities in multiple European countries have also raised safety concerns about FSD, delaying its approval process in the region. Previously, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that FSD is “10 times safer than human driving,” but this assertion has been criticized for relying on flawed statistical methods, casting doubt on the reliability of the underlying data.

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