The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants to speak to Tesla after footage emerged online capturing the carmaker’s Model Y-based robotaxis behaving erratically. It was at the launch of the self-driving service in Austin, Texas, earlier this week.
The incidents include one robotaxi braking especially hard while passing a stationary police car with its blues-and-twos on, while another shows the taxi having a bit of a wobbly as it crosses the middle line to the other side of the road, unsure whether to join a filter lane or turn left. It ends up on the wrong side of the road with the safety driver sitting in the passenger seat.
