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The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot: 17 fatalities, 736 crashes

The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot: 17 fatalities, 736 crashes

Tesla’s driver-assistance system, known as Autopilot, has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported.

Faiz Siddiqui and Jeremy Merrill

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The school bus was displaying its stop sign and flashing red warning lights, a police report said, when Tillman Mitchell, 17, stepped off one afternoon in March. Then a Tesla Model Y approached on North Carolina Highway 561.

The car – allegedly in Autopilot mode – never slowed down.

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