Euro NCAP didn't find any evidence of cheating in Tesla's vehicles

Tesla's cars have aced every safety test, including Euro NCAP and Australia's ANCAP. More recently, the Model Y achieved an impressive safety score under Euro NCAP's new testing protocol.

However, a known "Tesla hacker" revealed that Tesla might be shipping vehicles with special software to crash-testing agencies in order to boost its safety score. In light of this, Euro NCAP conducted an investigation to see if Tesla really cheated on its tests and here's the official statement:

The integrity of its star-rating scheme is of utmost importance to Euro NCAP and we will continue to do all we can to ensure the rating reflects the safety which consumers can expect from their vehicles. So far, Euro NCAP’s investigations have not revealed any evidence of an attempt to “cheat” the tests by Tesla.

The biggest issue was allegedly the possibility of Tesla geofencing some of the features as it usually does with its FSD Beta program, but the European safety agency assured that this isn't the case.

The lines of code referencing various crash-testing agencies around the world is a fact, however, and Tesla says it does so only to identify the car's intended region. That's because each market has its own legislation and requirements so Tesla has to configure its cars before shipping them to the said region.

On the other hand, the Tesla critic that pointed out Tesla's internal code says that Japan has its own signs and road markings and yet, there's no code to identify that region specifically. This in turn means that there's another way Tesla identifies the software's region and the company may not be telling the entire truth.

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