Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system was engaged during a fatal crash in March, when a Model 3 vehicle drove beneath a semitrailer in Florida, killing the Tesla driver, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system was engaged during a fatal crash in March, when a Model 3 vehicle drove beneath a semitrailer in Florida, killing the Tesla driver, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Autopilot was engaged 10 seconds before the crash, and neither the system nor the driver stopped the vehicle, which was traveling at about 68 miles per hour at the moment of impact, federal investigators said. In addition, the vehicle did not detect the driver's hands on the wheel in the final 8 seconds before the crash, investigators said.
The roof of the Tesla was sheared off in the accident and the car came to rest in a median about 1,600 feet from where it struck the semitrailer. The driver of the semitrailer was uninjured.In both instances, the driver was killed and the roof of the Tesla was torn off. Neither report assigned blame on the driver or the vehicle.
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