The NTSB’s report stated that the driver, 40-year-old Josh Brown, did indeed have Autopilot initiated at the time of the crash. Citing data logs from the wrecked vehicle, the agency claims the Model S was traveling 74 miles per hour in a 65 miles per hour zone.
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NTSB noted that final reports usually come a year after the preliminary report. Fudzilla sees this as a potentially huge opportunity for Nvidia as Jensen’s company, which he loves to CAPITALISE, really wants to get inside ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) based cars. The car’s roof struck the underside of the trailer.
The driver in a fatal Model S crash in Florida was speeding with Autopilot engaged when his Tesla slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
Brown, a 40-year-old Navy veteran from OH, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The NTSB report said the force of the initial impact of the crash resulted in the battery disengaging from the electric motors powering the auto.
A driver killed in the May 7 crash of a Tesla Motors Inc vehicle while using Autopilot driving-assist software was exceeding the speed limit, USA highway safety investigators said on Tuesday in a preliminary report that did not state a probable cause. Despite recent scrutiny stemming from accidents that occurred while it was engaged, autopilot, which relies on radar, ultrasonic sensors and Global Positioning System in addition to cameras connected to Mobileye’s processors, has received rave reviews for the extent to which it can take over from drivers in everyday situations.
This photo provided by the NTSB via the Florida Highway Patrol shows the Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshau Brown, who was killed, when the Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode on May 7, 2016. Brown’s most recent traffic violation before his death was a 2015 conviction in a Cincinnati neighborhood were he charged with driving at 64 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone. NTSB investigators used three-dimensional laser scans to document the crash scene, the auto and the truck.
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Mobileye, which is working with about two dozen global vehicle manufacturers, said it planned by 2020 to offer a hardware/software system that can gather, fuse and analyze data from 20 different sensors, including cameras, lidar and radar.
