NTSB ‘unhappy’ with Tesla release of investigative information in fatal crash

Federal investigators said Sunday they were “unhappy” that Tesla had released information related to a fatal crash involving one of its Model X vehicles late last month.

Tesla announced late Friday that the Tesla Model X had its semiautonomous “Autopilot” mode activated moments before it slammed into a highway barrier on U.S. 101 in California on March 23, killing driver Walter Huang, 38. read more »

Tesla asserts Autopilot ‘unequivocally makes the world safer’ — days after fiery, fatal crash

For more than a decade, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has been trying to convince the car-buying masses that it is okay to entrust our lives to a hodgepodge of sensors and algorithms.

But the automaker’s safety reassurances faced another challenge last week, as a sobering image made its way around the world: a photo of a Tesla SUV, battered and charred and missing two front wheels after a fiery wreck that left a father of two dead. read more »