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Tesla's 'Actually Smart Summon' Feature Reportedly Linked to Multiple Parking Lot Collisions
- Occurred
- Jan 7, 2025
- Published
- Jan 7, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, a remote parking system controlled via a smartphone app, reportedly failed to detect obstacles such as cars, walls, and parking signs, resulting in at least 16 collision incidents. The NHTSA is investigating safety concerns, including delayed user response times, potential overreliance on camera-only navigation, and noncompliance with crash reporting rules.
Developers
- Tesla
Deployers
- Tesla
Harmed parties
- Tesla users
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Tesla's autonomous vehicle feature caused multiple collisions, triggering NHTSA investigation and safety concerns.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8