A federal report published today found that Teslaâs Autopilot system was involved in at least 13 fatal crashes in which drivers misused the system in ways the automaker should have foreseenâand done more to prevent. Not only that, but the report called out Tesla as an âindustry outlierâ because its driver assistance features lacked some of the basic precautions taken by its competitors. Now regulators are questioning whether a Tesla Autopilot update designed to fix these basic design issues and prevent fatal incidents has gone far enough.
These fatal crashes killed 14 people and injured 49, according to data collected and published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal road-safety regulator in the US.
At least half of the 109 âfrontal planeâ crashes closely examined by government engineersâthose in which a Tesla crashed…
