Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths
by Andrew J. Hawkins from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MCB9)
Image: Owen Grove / The Verge In March 2023, a North Carolina student was stepping off a school bus when he was struck by a Tesla Model Y traveling at highway speeds," according to a federal investigation that published today. The Tesla driver was using Autopilot, the automaker's advanced driver-assist feature that Elon Musk insists will eventually lead to fully autonomous cars.
The 17-year-old student who was struck was transported to a hospital by helicopter with life-threatening injuries. But what the investigation found after examining hundreds of similar crashes was a pattern of driver inattention, combined with the shortcomings of Tesla's technology, resulting in hundreds of injuries and dozens of deaths.
Drivers using Autopilot or the system's more advanced...