Federal regulators open probe into fatal crash involving a Tesla using driver assistance feature
It was not clear which of Tesla's features the driver was using at the time of the crash.
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It was not clear which of Tesla's features the driver was using at the time of the crash.
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It was not clear which of Tesla's features the driver was using at the time of the crash.
Harris County authorities said that the driver, Michael Butler, said that he had been using Tesla's partially automated driving systems.
A 61-year-old man is in critical condition after an unlicensed teenage driver crashed into him in Winston-Salem last Thursday. Witnesses say they’ve never seen a crash like it.
A Tesla driver on Friday said he was using ‘self-driving’ technology after his vehicle sped into a Texas home.
A driver in Texas claimed he was using his Tesla’s driver-assistance feature when it crashed into a home at a high speed.
A driver told officials he was using a driver-assistance system when his car slammed into a Houston-area home, killing a woman.
A Tesla Model 3, claimed to be on Autopilot by its driver, crashed into a Texas home, killing a 76-year-old grandmother.
Investigators said the driver was driving a Tesla Model 3 when he failed to 'maintain a single lane, left the roadway and crashed into the residence.'