A 56-year-old Tesla Model S driver said he was using Autopilot when he hit and killed someone on a motorcycle last week about 15 miles outside Seattle.The Washington State Patrol's affidavit said the driver was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide "based on the admitted inattention to driving," while on Autopilot mode and using a cell phone while driving, according to a CNBC report. The department did not respond to Business Insider's request for records.The driver told a Washington State...
SEATTLE >> A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road.
Occurring in a suburban area northeast of the city, the incident has sparked concerns about the efficacy of Tesla's recent recall to ensure driver attention while using Autopilot.
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigationUS auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims did not match up with reality.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) disclosed on Friday that during its three-year Autopilot...
The motorcyclist, Jeffrey Nissen, 28, was under the car and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities reported.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving its misuse, including 13 that were fatal and “many more involving serious injuries.” At the same time, NHTSA is opening a new investigation to evaluate whether the Autopilot recall fix that Tesla implemented […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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ST. GEORGE — The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal rollover near Enterprise in Southern Utah that occurred in the early morning hours. Utah Highway Patrol Capt. Quince Bruer told St. George News that a man was killed after being ejected when his pickup truck rolled. “It occurred just before midnight Saturday night,” Breuer said. […]
A family of four was killed in a solo-car crash in in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night, officials said. The driver may have hit a tree, the Pleasanton Police Department said in a news release. The mother, father and two children under age 15 were killed in the crash that occurred at about 9 p.m. on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive in the East Bay suburb, the police said. The cause of the crash remained under investigation on Thursday night, but police said it appears the driver...
U.S. 40 over Berthoud Pass is closed in both directions after a fatal
A quiet, religious and respectful Rwandan immigrant family in Ohio found their life turned upside down last month when their patriarch was accused of genocide – dating back decades to the war crimes and violence which forced them from their home country. Now relatives of engineer and father-of-four Eric Nshimiye tell Sheila Flynn why they’re convinced of his innocence
There has been a crash in Dublin on the M7 inbound this Monday morning which may cause delays for commuters.