Earlier this year, a fatal car crash involving a Tesla model S and a road-sweeping vehicle left a 23-year-old man dead in China.
The family of victim Gao Yaning, who was killed in the accident on the highway in the province of Hebei, has sued the company, claiming the autopilot feature failed to prevent the crash. However, Tesla is not sure if the said feature was engaged at the time of the collision. Since the accident has left the car badly damaged, further investigation on the vehicle cannot be carried out.
The recently released dash-cam footage of the accident shows the vehicle smoothly moving along the side of the highway and coming extremely close to a road sweeper. But surprisingly, the car didn’t stop or even slow down, and crashed into the vehicle ahead.
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