After two people were killed over the weekend when a Tesla hit a tree in Texas, local officials said the car apparently was on autopilot when it crashed , without anyone in the…
(Newser) – After two people were killed over the weekend when a Tesla hit a tree in Texas, local officials said the car apparently was on autopilot when it crashed, without anyone in the driver’s seat. When CEO Elon Musk tweeted that it looked like autopilot wasn’t engaged and couldn’t be used anyway on that stretch of road, Consumer Reports decided to run an experiment. Its engineers had no problems fooling a Tesla Model Y into using autopilot without anyone sitting behind the wheel. The car gave no warning that the driver’s seat was empty.
