Tesla confirms autopilot involved in Utah crash but seeks to blame driver
by Sam Levin in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#3QD8J)
Company confirms its technology failed to stop collision on same day US traffic safety watchdog opens investigation into crash
A Tesla car was driving in "autopilot" mode when it crashed into a stopped firetruck in Utah, the company said in a report to police that repeatedly cast blame on the driver, not its semi-autonomous driving system.
The confirmation that the vehicle's technology failed to prevent it from colliding with a stopped object in its path came the same day that the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it was sending a team to investigate the 11 May crash in Utah.