As we reported yesterday, a tragic accident resulted in the death of a Tesla Model S driver in the Netherlands Wednesday. The Tesla left the road, hit a tree and parts of the battery pack caught on fire. The crash made national Dutch news and some media linked the accident to the Autopilot citing the death of Joshua Brown in Florida in May.
Tesla has since reviewed the logs of the car and confirms that the Autopilot “was not engaged” during the drive and that the car was “being driven at more than 155 kph (96 mph)”.
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