• Tesla Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data Tesla has secured a second deadline extension from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the agency’s investigation into traffic safety violations committed by vehicles operating with “Full Self-Driving” (FSD). • The new filing, dated February 20, pushes the deadline for Tesla to deliver critical crash data, including video, event data recorder (EDR), and CAN bus files, to March 9, 2026. • The original deadline was January 19. • Today was supposed to be the day Tesla finally delivered all its data to NHTSA after a first five-week extension. • Instead, Tesla asked for more time on February 19, the day before the deadline, and NHTSA granted it the next day. • A pattern of delays The timeline of this investigation tells the story.
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- Tesla has secured a second deadline extension from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to submit Full Self‑Driving (FSD) crash data. The new deadline, March 9 2026, follows a February 20 filing after Tesla requested more time on February 19, the day before the original January 19 deadline. NHTSA’s probe, opened October 7 2025, covers 2.88 million Teslas and 58 incidents, including red‑light violations and lane‑crossing crashes. Tesla cites the sheer volume of required files-video, EDR, CAN bus, and performance reports-as a burden, while NHTSA demands detailed timelines and software‑version information for each incident.
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