TSLA Slides: Autopilot Blamed After Tesla “Accelerates”, Rolls Over Into Minnesota Marsh
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jul 17, 2017
One reason why Tesla may be trading over 3% lower this morning is a report in the Star Tribune, according to which a Twin Cities man whose Tesla overturned in a central Minnesota marsh, is blaming the crash on the car’s “autopilot”, according to authorities. David Clark, 58, of Eden Prairie, said he was driving Saturday evening before sunset on a country road 18 miles northeast of Willmar, when the car “suddenly accelerated” and overturned in the marsh, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday.
The crash occurred after “Clark … engaged the autopilot feature,” sending the car off eastbound 172nd Avenue NE. and rolling into the marsh, the Sheriff’s Office statement continued.
Deputies found the 2016 Tesla upside-down. It was not immediately clear what Tesla model it was.
He told police: ‘When he engaged the auto pilot (sic) feature, that the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing the car to leave the roadway and overturn.
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