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Tesla Model X on Autopilot Crashed into California Highway Barrier, Killing Driver
A Tesla Model X P100D operating on Autopilot's Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) and Autosteer system allegedly accelerated above the speed limit of a highway in Mountain View, California, and steered itself directly into a barrier, resulting in its driver’s death.
- Date it happened
- 2018-03-23
- Organisation involved
- Tesla
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