Tesla granted five-week extension to provide info in U.S. probe, AP reports

U.S. regulators are giving Tesla (TSLA) a five-week extension to respond to claims that its vehicles have violated traffic laws while operating in Full Self-Driving mode, the Associated Press’ Matt Ott reports. A probe of the car maker’s FSD feature was opened in October after the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration said it collected dozens of reports of the vehicles running red lights or driving on the wrong side of the road, in some cases colliding with other vehicles and causing injuries, the author notes. In a letter to Tesla, NHTSA said that the company now has until February 23 to answer the government’s request for information, pushed from the original January 19 deadline, the author says.