Tesla Explains How Over-The-Air Updates, Fleet Data Helps Improve Safety Of Its Vehicles

Tesla Inc. TSLA announced on Sunday that its Model S and Model X vehicles can now raise the suspension automatically to enhance ride comfort while encountering bumpy road conditions.

What Happened: Tesla explained on Twitter how its over-the-air updates and anonymized fleet data enable it to iterate quickly. As all of Tesla’s hardware and software is developed in-house, the company said these were more impactful.

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As a result, the Model S and Model X vehicles can now automatically raise suspension for ride comfort when the car hits a rough patch of road. This is enabled by the use of data collected from Tesla’s car fleet.

“The company collects safety information beyond what's required by rating agency crash tests — allowing us to make current and future vehicles even safer,” Tesla tweeted.

Why It’s Important: In late February, Tesla shareholders sued the automaker and Musk, alleging that both overstated the effectiveness and safety of the company’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies.

The shareholders said Tesla allegedly deceived them over a span of four years by making false and misleading statements that concealed the fact that its technologies “created a serious risk of accident and injury.”

Earlier that month, Tesla had issued recalls for 362,758 vehicles equipped with the beta version of its Full Self-Driving software, following reports that the company’s Full Self-Driving software could cause crashes. 

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reportedly initiated a probe over the steering wheel coming off Tesla's Model Y SUV following two complaints.

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