In California, a Tesla equipped with Autopilot ignored red lights and caused fatalities, leading to its owner receiving only a two-year probation. Consequently, it appears that the penalty for such an incident, where a Tesla with autonomous capabilities is involved in causing harm, is relatively lenient. Enabling Autopilot and directing it towards someone seems to … Continue reading US Court Green Lights Execution by Tesla: Probation for Robotic Manslaughter →

Eight tests were run by a team of researchers before local police were called to stop them. …every single time, the Tesla stopped at the stop sign on the corner, cruised past the “do not enter” and “road closed” signs on Calle Rosales, and sailed past the bus with its stop sign extended and blinking. … Continue reading Tesla Autopilot FSD Mode Ignores School Bus, Stop Sign, and Children →

The safety of Tesla’s “summon” concept is entirely suspect. What if it kills many people on its way? Uber tried, and failed, to argue a trivial software switch made the company not liable for murder while en route to pick up a rider. A Tesla owner summons it in a parking lot. The Tesla runs … Continue reading Tesla Software Crash on “Summon” Function →

A new police report has language much closer to what should have been reported in every Tesla crash since 2016. The owner of the car says it tried to kill her. As soon as she enabled her badly misnamed Autopilot, or perhaps after she turned on the badly misnamed FSD (at this point just call … Continue reading Veered MI Tesla: Autopilot Accused of Trying to Kill Its Owner →