Article 6MCB9 Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths

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Andrew J. Hawkins
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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...

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