Regulators in Germany are looking into features and whether or not these are safe enough to use on German roads. The confirmed that it’s opened a new investigation, as reported by and German news site . The investigation is pending the results, but the use of Autopilot in Germany could hinge on the KBA’s ruling.

This is on top of another recent KBA investigation, which focused on the safety of Tesla’s center console touchscreen system, used in many of the company’s models. Between the misleading names of Tesla’s Autopilot and “” and the company’s penchant for allowing drivers in a moving car, Tesla is facing more and more regulatory inquiries. Now, from many different countries.

This latest probe in Germany comes after the federal government in the U.S. opened several investigations into Tesla’s automated features, and reports that is in contact with the KBA as both agencies investigate the safety of Tesla’s Autopilot.

The German KBA is also coordinating with regulators at the , which is the big vehicle agency in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a key member state whose rules apply to much of the EU, so any decisions from the Dutch agency will have wide-ranging effects for Tesla.

When we say that Tesla is just a now, we’re referring not only to Tesla fitting in with legacy automakers — if not in , at least in relevance — but also to Tesla having regular car company problems. Those include facing scrutiny over the safety of its features.

Because for a long time, Tesla’s features were something of a novelty. I’d say the novelty was a big part of how Tesla broke out as a new company. Well, that and it being electric, of course. Tesla’s approach resembled that of the tech industry more than Big Auto, and so did its popularity. Tesla owes much of its fame to and the many videos of new features/tech from its users, like word of mouth but orders of magnitude greater. The word of the internet’s mouth.

The difference now is that features like “FSD” and “Autopilot” are no longer novelties or gimmicks. They are systems that could endanger more and more drivers as Tesla takes off in . That danger is now being acknowledged.