Last Saturday, two men were killed in Texas after a speeding 2019 Tesla Model S crashed into a tree while negotiating a turn. The data logs recovered showed the car’s autopilot was not enabled. The car did not have the FSD feature either, Elon Musk tweeted on Monday. FSD is a $10,000 add-on feature that allows vehicles to self-park and automatically change lanes on highways. Further, the street where the accident happened did not have lane lines to turn the standar pilot on, he added. Your research as a private individual is better than professionals @WSJ! Data logs recovered so far show Autopilot was not enabled & this car did not purchase FSD.Moreover, standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on, which this street did not have.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2021 According to sources, Tesla said autopilot and FSD features do not make its vehicles fully autonomous and drivers are advised to keep their hands on the wheel at all times. In 2018, 38-year-old Tesla Model X driver died in an accident in California. Reports showed the autopilot had been engaged prior to the crash. Back in 2014, a 40-year-old driver was killed in a Tesla Model…
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