Tesla under investigation on whether recall of 2m vehicles went far enough to address autopilot safety concerns [Video]

The US government’s traffic safety agency has launched an investigation into whether last year’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system feature went far enough, with the probe announcement coming days after a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a Tesla potentially using the Autopilot system.

Tesla has reported 20 more crashes involving Autopilot since it recalled more than 2 million vehicles last year over concerns of the feature making sure drivers paid attention, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website Friday.

The recent crashes and tests by the agency have now doubled down concerns on whether the recall remedied the Autopilot’s driver monitoring system.

The December recall, involving nearly all the vehicles that Tesla had sold at the time, …