Tesla says Autopilot was on but ignored in the fatal Model X crash
https://www.techradar.com/news/tesla-says-autopilot-was-on-but-ignored-in-the-fatal-model-x-crash
It's not been the best of times lately for self-driving car technology, with one of Uber's autonomous vehicles fatally injuring a pedestrian crossing the road in Arizona, and a Tesla Model X involved in another smash in California in which the driver was killed.
Now Tesla has revealed some of the details of the California incident, saying that its Autopilot self-driving technology was activated at the time of the crash. However, the company also says certain warnings were ignored by the driver just before the Model X collided with a concrete barrier.
Tesla says Autopilot was on but ignored in the fatal Model X crash
Apr 2, 2018, 1:20pm UTC
https://www.techradar.com/news/tesla-says-autopilot-was-on-but-ignored-in-the-fatal-model-x-crash
>It's not been the best of times lately for self-driving car technology, with one of Uber's autonomous vehicles fatally injuring a pedestrian crossing the road in Arizona, and a Tesla Model X involved in another smash in California in which the driver was killed.
>Now Tesla has revealed some of the details of the California incident, saying that its Autopilot self-driving technology was activated at the time of the crash. However, the company also says certain warnings were ignored by the driver just before the Model X collided with a concrete barrier.