According to an exclusive by Reuters, Tesla is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for claims that its cars can drive by themselves.
Although the NHTSA's investigation into Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features was generally known, there are now reports that other Federal authorities are now investigating into the company for the same issues.
Namely, the Department of Justice.
According to an exclusive by Reuters, the criminal probe into Tesla began on Wednesday "over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves".
After more than a dozen crashes employing Autopilot, the DOJ allegedly opened an investigation against the company last year, according to the report.
According to Reuters, the DOJ investigation "potentially represents a more serious level of scrutiny because of the possibility of criminal charges against the company or individual executives, the people familiar with the inquiry said."
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