Tesla on part-automated drive system slams into US police car


A file photo shows a sign bearing the company logo outside a Tesla store in Denver. A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle. — AP

ORLANDO, Florida: A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser Saturday on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle.

Earlier this month, the US government opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driving system after a series of similar collisions with parked emergency vehicles.

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