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The American car manufacturer Tesla a few days agoonehas confirmed that the car in which the driver was killed last week was being driven on Autopilot. The system missed a concrete block near Mountain View, crashed into it and the car caught fire. The accident damaged two other cars and traffic was closed for several hours at the scene. The 38-year-old driver died on the way to the hospital.

According to the official statement of the car company, the Tesla driver had an unobstructed view of the block for about 150 meters and 5 seconds and could thus have prevented the accident. However, it gives no explanation as to why the block was missed by the car's systems.

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Source: Blesk.cz

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