Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that drivers were putting too much trust in systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and that regulators needed to restrict their use.
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La familia Maldonado, de California, perdió a su hijo adolescente cuando un auto de Tesla chocó con su camioneta. Los Maldonado alegan que la función Autopilot tiene parte de responsabilidad por el siniestro.
“No one was driving the vehicle” when the car crashed and burst into flames, killing two men, a constable said.
