Reuters —A Tesla Model S car was in “Full Self-Driving” mode when it hit and killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in the Seattle area in April, police said, making it at least the second fatal accident involving the technology on which Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pinning his hopes.
Tesla says its “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” software requires active driver supervision and does not make vehicles autonomous.
Previously, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said there was one fatal accident involving a Tesla vehicle using FSD software between August 2022 and August 2023.
This year, Musk shelved Tesla’s all-new affordable cars and increased his bets on self-driving vehicles, saying he will be shocked if Tesla cannot achieve full self-driving capability next year.
In December 2023, Tesla was forced to recall nearly all its vehicles on U.S. roads to add safeguards to the software.
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Elon Musk, Tesla, Waymo, Sam Abuelsamid, ”, Raj Rajkumar, Musk
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Reuters, Tesla, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Carnegie Mellon University
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