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A Tesla Crashed into and Killed a Road Sweeper on a Highway in China
A Tesla Model S collided with and killed a road sweeper on a highway near Handan, China, an accident where Tesla previously said it was not able to determine whether Autopilot was operating at the time of the crash.
- Date it happened
- 2016-01-20
- Organisation involved
- Tesla
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