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TOPIC: Tesla driver using autopilot killed in crash
Tesla driver using autopilot killed in crash 6 years 4 months ago #1372
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A Tesla driver was killed in a collision in Florida with a tractor trailer while the vehicle was in "Autopilot" mode, the car maker announced Thursday.
It is the first known fatality in more than 130 million miles driven with autopilot activated, Tesla said in a statement which also expressed condolences to the driver's family. Bryan Thomas, a spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said it was investigating the fatality to see if the autopilot system was to blame. But Tesla acknowledged that the accident might have been the fault of the computer. "This is the first known fatality in just over 130 million miles where Autopilot was activated," Tesla said. "Among all vehicles in the US, there is a fatality every 94 million miles. Worldwide, there is a fatality approximately every 60 million miles." It hasn't been determined whether the car was at fault or not, and one fatality in 130 million miles is a better record for computer driven cars than the one fatality in 94 million miles by human drivers. Still, this is a little unsettling. For More Details: Animated Company Overview |
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Tesla driver using autopilot killed in crash 5 years 10 months ago #1521
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