FLORIDA – Tesla Motors on Thursday disclosed initial known demise brought on by a self-driving vehicle, casting question on the revolutionary self-driving car technology.
In accordance with reports, the accident happened on a split highway in main Florida on 7 when a tractor trailer drove across the highway perpendicular toward Model S. Neither the driver, nor the vehicle noticed the major rig or the trailer “against a brightly lit sky” and brakes are not used.
The event left 40-year-old Joshua Brown dead however the motorist of truck stayed safe. He reported that the deceased Tesla driver ended up being watching Harry Potter at the time of accident.
The master Tesla Motors, Elon Musk took to Twitter to condole with all the category of Brown.
Earlier, Joshua Brown posted videos in April which revealed him narrowly escape any sort of accident on the highway compliment of their Tesla’s automatic pilot feature.
The nationwide Highway transport security management (NHTSA) happens to be examining the incident.
