Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Autopilot was not engaged in the fatal Tesla crash in Houston on Saturday.
"The data logs that have been recovered so far show that Autopilot was not activated," Musk said Monday afternoon.
The vehicle was dismantled, so it is not known if the data was intact. However, Tesla vehicles are connected online and this 2019 S model may have wirelessly transmitted some key data to Tesla servers seconds after the crash.
In the same tweet , Musk also mentioned that the vehicle owner “did not purchase FSD.” FSD is short for “full self-driving.” However, the current beta version of FSD still requires active supervision from the driver.
Police officers, meanwhile, are “ almost 99,9% certain ” that the Tesla had no one behind the wheel before the accident.
Musk added that "the typical autopilot would require lanes that this road did not have."
Some have disputed that claim, and a Tesla owner posted a video on Sunday showing that he was able to activate Autopilot on a small, unmarked road. As his car approached a sharp curve, it didn't appear to turn or slow down before the driver intervened.
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
