Tesla may have solved some of the issues that Germany’s Federal Motor Transport authority (KBA) found with its Autopilot advanced driver assistance system, but the regulator still isn’t fully satisfied with the brand after finding “abnormalities” during its investigation.
The KBA has been running an investigation into Tesla since the beginning of the year as part of its market surveillance, according to Wirtschafts Woche. A spokesperson for the KBA said that several of the issues have now been “partially remedied by the manufacturer.”
The regulator is not, however, fully satisfied with Autopilot. “Further remedial measures are still being tested and validated” for the remainder of the issues that the KBA identified but have not been addressed yet.
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The KBA previously criticized Autopilot’s electronic lane change function, which may not be allowed in Europe. It also took issue with Tesla’s habit of only unlocking certain functions for drivers depending on their “driving skill.” The authority said that a vehicle must be so safe that it can be operated by all drivers.
It was also particularly concerned by the way that Tesla rolls out its over-the-air updates. The automaker has taken to pushing updates frequently and has on occasion been forced to fix issues caused by them with another subsequent update after drivers had already downloaded them.
“If we do not receive any information, we cannot rule out that systems do not comply with the rules,” KBA President Richard Damm told Wirstschafts Woche, threatening to shut down the affected Teslas.
Autopilot and Tesla’s freewheeling attitude towards the rollout of features has come under fire in other areas, too. America’s NHTSA is currently investigating Autopilot because of a series of accidents involving first responder vehicles.
