On Friday, April 19, Carl Hunter, 56, was driving his Tesla on autopilot heading east on SR522 by Monroe, Washington, when he struck a motorcyclist in front of him. He was distracted by his phone when he heard a loud bang and the vehicle lurched forward, accelerated and crashed… pic.twitter.com/vzdjJBKBaK
美國司法部(Department of Justice)也在仔細審查特斯拉公司關於該技術的聲明,加州機動車管理局(California Department of Motor Vehicles)指控特斯拉虛假宣傳 Autopilot 和更先進的全自動駕駛測試版軟件的功能。與此同時,特斯拉首席執行官埃隆-馬斯克(Elon Musk)表示,特斯拉目前正在"全力以赴實現自動駕駛"。