Tesla Remote Operator Crashes Robotaxi Into Tree Stump in Houston, NHTSA Filing Shows特斯拉远程操作员操控Robotaxi在休斯顿撞上树桩，NHTSA备案文件显示
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Tesla filed four new Robotaxi crash reports with NHTSA, the most notable being report 13781-15395: a Model Y remote operator drove the vehicle into a hidden tree stump in Houston in May 2026 — the third crash Tesla has attributed to remote operation and the first one formally coded as such in a regulatory filing.
Per Tesla's own narrative, the Model Y had stopped on a dead-end residential road and needed help exiting; while the ADS was being supported remotely, the vehicle entered a grassy slope, and as the remote assistance operator continued the recovery, it struck a hidden tree stump.
The damage was minor — property damage only, with no injuries, no airbag deployment, and no tow required — but the filing is notable as Tesla's first formal acknowledgment of a remote-operator-caused collision, underscoring reliability questions around the teleoperation backup that underpins Tesla's robotaxi rollout.