Report finds Teslas can drive with no-one in driver’s seat
In the wake of a fatal crash, a test finds the car fails to warn that the driver’s seat is empty
26 April 2021 - 12:26
Bengaluru — Influential US magazine Consumer Reports said last week that its engineers were able to operate a Tesla vehicle without anyone in the driver’s seat, but the system failed to send out a warning or indicate that the driver’s seat was empty.
The engineers tested Tesla Model Y as investigators probe an accident in which two men died after their Tesla Model S, which was believed to be operating without anyone in the driver’s seat, crashed into a tree on April 17 north of Houston...
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