A federal regulator said the electric vehicle maker agreed to disable the feature after an investigation was opened.
Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens while a vehicle is in motion, a federal safety regulator said on Thursday. The agreement comes a day after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a formal investigation of the game feature, which is known as Passenger Play. The investigation was announced after The New York Times reported this month on the potential safety risks the games posed. “Following the opening of a preliminary evaluation of Tesla’s ‘Passenger Play,’ Tesla informed the agency that it is changing the functionality of this feature,” the safety agency said in a statement.
