Tesla’s auto-pilot feature has been blamed for a number of collisions, as well as incidents in which drivers were sleeping with the device piloting the car.
A woman who was behind the wheel of a Tesla that crashed into a fire truck at high speeds is suing Tesla and a service provider, saying the Autopilot feature failed to work as advertised.
A driver who crashed into a gas station over the weekend says her Toyota RAV4 started speeding on its own and she steered toward bags of mulch out front to keep the damage to a minimum.
The 28-year-old drier told authorities she had been looking at her phone and cruising at a speed of 60 mph just before the May 11 crash in South Jordan, Utah.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is looking into the fatal crash last month of an SUV using Tesla's Autopilot system, said it is removing the high-tech automaker from the probe for improperly disclosing details of the investigation.
