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Chinese police have been investigating a crash involving a Tesla Model Y in which a motorcyclist and a high-school girl died and three people were injured when the driver lost control of the vehicle last November.

At the time, Tesla said videos showed the cars brake lights were not on while it was speeding and data showed issues such as there being no action to step on the brakes throughout its journey.

In February around 360,000 Teslas were recalled in the US over fears that its so-called Full Self-Driving (FSD) software could send cars speeding through junctions and traffic lights.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered a mandatory software update to adjust the FSD software. The company said it disagreed with the NHTSAs view but would implement the update anyway out of an abundance of caution.

Last year the Elon Musk-owned electric car company was the most recalled automotive brand in the US, according to Autoweek magazine, with recalls including remote software updates.

Mr Musk has previously described official use of the word recall as including software updates where affected cars are remotely updated as anachronistic and just flat wrong.

The FSD software cannot be activated in the UK.

Ford launched Britains first hands-free car in April, with its Mustang Mach-E being approved by the Department for Transport for use on UK roads.

The companys BlueCruise system only works on motorways. It keeps cars within lanes and automatically adjusts speeds in accordance with signs and surrounding traffic.

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Tesla forced to recall 1 million cars over braking risk fears - The Telegraph