Tesla Rear-Ends Bus On Germany’s Autobahn, Driver Blames Autopilot

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5. Tesla Model S involved in a crash with a bus in Germany, Autopilot is being blamed again [Updated]

Fred Lambert - 4 hours ago

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According to one report (German), the driver told the police that the vehicle was doing the steering when the accident occurred.

He was reportedly trying to overtake the bus by moving to the left lane and the crash happened when trying to move back into the right lane.

Update: Another source, who talked with the driver, says that the Model S was driving forward when the crash occurred and that the bus was the vehicle changing lane.

Tesla’s Autopilot has an automatic lane change feature that enables the vehicle to change lanes using the turn signal while on ‘Autosteer’, but Tesla says that the driver is still responsible for looking and making sure that the lane change is safe before activating the turn signal.

Therefore, the Autopilot system isn’t likely to be at fault here, but the vehicle is also equipped with Automatic Emergency Braking and a Side Collision Avoidance system. The police said that they were looking into why the features didn’t prevent the accident.

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