Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds
Ars Technica Ashley Belanger ● Covered by 2 sources
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a Tesla driver who blamed a fatal crash on autopilot actually pressed the accelerator to 100 percent before impact, contradicting his initial claim to police. Electronic data showed the driver manually overrode Full Self Driving in the moments before the crash in a residential area. The findings support Tesla's assertion that the feature was disengaged by the driver, not at fault for the collision that killed a grandmother.
Why it matters
NTSB findings back Elon Musk's claim that driver manually overrode FSD.
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