Pressure Mounts After Tesla Discloses It Is Unsure What Caused Deadly Crash In California

Tesla Inc said it does not yet know what caused the crash involving its Model X car in California on Friday, an accident that killed the driver and added to the pressures mounting on Elon Musk's company.

The company hasn't been able to retrieve the vehicle's logs and is working with authorities to do so, it said in a blog post Tuesday. Tesla didn't disclose whether the driver had engaged Tesla's partially autonomous driving system, known as Autopilot, when the crash occurred.

Agent009 - 3/28/2018 10:55:09 AM

+5 Boost

Get ready for a big reset in the self driving car sector. They have over promised and it is starting to show.

SanJoseDriver - 3/28/2018 2:45:36 PM

-1 Boost

The problem is this isn't a self-driving car (yet), the driver is still supposed to be paying attention. I drive by this area every day and it is a huge mess with a lot of construction--all the more reason to pay attention.

t_bone - 3/29/2018 7:30:38 AM

+3 Boost

Humans can't be half alert and then expected to deal with the maneuver of their lives that the software suddenly decided was too tough.

SanJoseDriver - 3/30/2018 1:34:25 AM

+1 Boost

Who says it isn't? Do you have any idea how many people die each day driving themselves... 3,287 people. 1.3 million. 2 years ago the NHSTA verified that you were 40% less likely to get into an accident using Autopilot than without. That is objective, hard data. Today the stat should be even better with Autopilot 2/2.5, and I'm sure that is exactly what this new investigation will reveal IF it was an Autopilot accident (it may not have been).