The “Actually Smart Summon” feature enables drivers to remotely summon or move their vehicles to them or another location via a mobile phone app.

Donald Trump's nominee for Transportation Secretary has pledged to allow ongoing safety investigations into Tesla vehicles to continue, despite the close relationship between the former president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead USDOT, promised to not interfere with ongoing NHTSA investigations into Tesla if confirmed as secretary.

During a confirmation hearing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Sean Duffy, who is a former Republican congressman and lobbyist, claimed that he would allow the regulatory process to work itself out when it came to the car company owned by Trump’s buddy and political benefactor, Elon Musk.

Musk shared some data on X that appears to bolster his case at first glance, but it actually shows the opposite.

Sean Duffy, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Transportation, will support NHTSA's safety probes into Tesla's vehicles.

Transportation secretary pick vows to buck any pressure to help Elon Musk in agency probes of Tesla - Transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy promised to not interfere in ongoing agency investigat

Elon Musk is praising data that he claims shows Tesla is on the verge of achieving unsupervised Full Self-Driving,

Tesla owners can move cars equipped with Actually Smart Summon, but federal regulators plan to study the feature's safety.

A potentially faulty driverless car feature found in roughly 2.6 million Tesla cars on U.S. roads highlights the risks associated with CEO Elon Musk's plans to roll out unsupervised Full Self-Driving this year.

Sean Duffy, nominee for U.S. Transportation Secretary, supports continuous investigation into Tesla's driver assistance systems by NHTSA. The agency investigates reported crashes involving Tesla's Full Self-Driving software and Actually Smart Summon feature.

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