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Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot Crashed into a Ford Explorer Pickup, Killing a Fifteen-Year-Old in California
A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode crashed into a pickup on a California freeway, where data and video from the company showed neither Autopilot nor the driver slowing the vehicle until seconds before the crash.
- Date it happened
- 2019-08-24
- Organisation involved
- Tesla
- Product, system or model
- Tesla's Autopilot is "a suite of software, cameras and sensors intended to assist drivers and prevent accidents by taking over many aspects of driving a car - even the changing of lanes."
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