Biggest Test for Autonomous Driving: Tesla Crashes in China, Two Incidents Already in the U.S.
A Tesla Model S in Beijing, China, crashed into a vehicle ahead while Autopilot was engaged; the driver said the system failed to detect a stationary car. Earlier, two Tesla Model X crashes in the U.S.—one in Florida in July and another in Pennsylvania—are under investigation for possible Autopilot involvement. Tesla maintains that no evidence confirms Autopilot was active in the Florida crash and now calls the feature 'automatic assisted driving' instead of 'autonomous driving'.
- Language it was published in
- zh-TW
- Date it happened
- 2016-08-02
- Organisation involved
- Tesla
- Product, system or model
- Autopilot
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