Bundes-neighbors deny investigation into Tesla updates

Posted on 08-07-2016 at 21:11 by jaapiyo – 15 Comments”

Despite the fact that our RDW Tesla okay, reached us earlier today a message that the German government would investigate to prevent unauthorized software updates from the brand.

The message came from the highly respected kwaliteitspublicatie Of the Mirror. It would go to the software updates that are implemented before there gründliche tests with it were done according to the German regulations. Media stronghold Reuters reports, however, been that, according to the German government there is no question of an official investigation. That there is, however, something plays, it should be noted from the comments of the spokesperson of the relevant German ministry:

“The report is incorrect. There are no investigation proceedings against Tesla. We are clarifying the technical issues. At the moment, it is a normal gathering of information on the status quo between the car watchdog and the ministry.”

A spokesperson from Tesla says in turn, that Tesla is fully aware of a (secretly still existing?) research that das Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt run with regard to Tesla’s Autopilot, and that it is fully cooperating with this investigation. The spokesman further indicates that Tesla is actually no specific approval for its models of EU member states, because our own RDW a Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) has given valid in all member states.

“Tesla does its due diligence in making sure that its vehicles do not violate any national legal or safety regulations, it does not need to seek specific national type approvals in EU member states since the RDW issued WVTA should be accepted as a legal compliance document.”

This incident happened following a tragic accident in America, where a former Navy Seal killed in a Tesla Model S while he was in his car at Harry Potter looked. Tesla there will be lots of to be located to the German autorieteiten satisfied because Germany is an important market for Tesla. During a visit to Berlin last year, said Elon Musk even that he was a Berliner, he is Germany, after America as the main market for Tesla considers. Last year, there were 1.582 Tesla’s Model S sold in the Heimat. The last struggles of Tesla are undoubtedly grist to the mill of (German) competitors like Porsche.

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