The engineers tried a Tesla Model Y this week as specialists test a mishap where two men passed on after their Tesla Model S, which was accepted to be working without anybody steering the ship, collided with a tree on Saturday night north of Houston.

Powerful US magazine Consumer Reports said on Thursday its specialists had the option to work a Tesla Inc vehicle without anybody steering the ship, however the framework neglected to convey a notice or sign that the driver’s seat was unfilled.

The designers tried a Tesla Model Y this week as specialists test a mishap where two men passed on after their Tesla Model S, which was accepted to be working without anybody steering the ship, collided with a tree on Saturday night north of Houston.

More than a few excursions across half-mile shut test track, the Model Y naturally controlled along painted path lines, the magazine said.

“In our assessment, the framework not just neglected to ensure the driver was focusing, however it likewise couldn’t tell if there was a driver there by any means,” said Jake Fisher, ranking executive of Consumer Reports’ auto trying.

“Tesla is falling behind different automakers like GM and Ford that, on models with cutting edge driver help frameworks, use innovation to ensure the driver is taking a gander at the street.”

Tesla’s Autopilot is a driver help framework that handles some driving assignments and permits drivers to take their hands off the controlling wheel on occasion, yet Tesla says its highlights “require dynamic driver oversight and don’t make the vehicle self-governing.”

Tesla didn’t promptly react to a Reuters demand for input.

The Consumer Reports story comes in the midst of developing examination over Tesla’s semi-mechanized driving framework following ongoing mishaps and as it is planning to dispatch its refreshed “full self-driving” programming to more clients.

Independently on Thursday Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey sent a letter to the National Highway Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) acting overseer asking the organization to completely research the Texas mishap and produce a report illustrating remedial activities to forestall future mishaps.

NHTSA said Monday it was sending an extraordinary accident examination group to test the accident and has opened 28 collides with Tesla collides with date, with four forthcoming. NHTSA didn’t quickly remark on the letter.