The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration kicked off a fresh probe of Elon Musk’s Tesla on Thursday, saying it had found several instances where the automaker reported crashes involving its advanced driver assistance systems later than it should have.
Agency rules require that crash reports be submitted in most cases within five days after the automaker is notified about the crash. But NHTSA said that it had discovered Tesla submitted reports sometimes “several months or more” after the crash happened.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In its announcement, NHTSA noted that the crash reports were sent either as part of single batch or on a rolling basis. NHTSA noted that this apparently stemmed from the automaker’s data collection practices, which Tesla claims has since been remedied.
