NHTSA gives Tesla until Feb 23 to respond to FSD information request

NHTSA has granted Tesla an extension until February 23 to respond to an information request about the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system.

The original request was sent to Tesla on December 3 with a January 19 deadline and penalties of up to $27,874 per day, to a maximum of $139.4 million, for noncompliance. Tesla told NHTSA that the winter holiday period consumed two weeks of the six‑and‑a‑bit weeks and that it has had to prepare other information requests for ongoing NHTSA probes, with one due today, another on January 23, and yet another on February 4.

Tesla said identifying all complaints and reports will take additional time: a search for traffic violations returned 8,313 items and the company can process only about 300 a day to determine relevance. Tesla said answering the remaining questions on NHTSA’s list requires that review to be completed first, which prompted the request for the extension.

Separately, Tesla has changed how FSD is sold. Until now owners could buy the system outright for (currently) $8,000; CEO Elon Musk has said that option will end on February 14, after which FSD will be available only for a $99 monthly fee.

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