Tesla autopilot is not to blame? The recent Model S crash was probably not the fault of the autopilot function.

A week ago, an accident occurred in the United States: Tesla Model S crashed into a tree and caught fire. Unfortunately, the driver and passenger were killed.

Then the police said that there was no one in the driver’s seat, which led to the assumption that the car was moving in autopilot mode and did not cope with the situation.

Tesla autopilot is not to blame?  The recent Model S crash was probably not the fault of the autopilot function.

However, new data suggests that the car was still driven. First, Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that Tesla data suggests that the autopilot was not involved.

Now Tesla itself has commented on the situation.

We did research with the authorities over the past week to understand what happened in that particular accident and what we learned that the Autosteer function was not working

Tesla also says that cruise control was involved, and at a certain moment the driver unfastened his seat belt, after which the car stopped.

There is a version that the driver wanted to activate the autopilot function, but only turned on the cruise control, and then wanted to test the capabilities of the car, for which he moved to the passenger seat. However, the situation is not yet clear to the end, and the investigation continues.

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