GARDENA, Calif. — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday. Agency spokesman Sean Rushton wouldn’t say whether the Tesla Model S was on Autopilot when it crashed on Dec. 29 in Gardena. That system is designed to automatically change lanes and keep a safe distance from other vehicles. A man and woman in the Civic died at the scene. A man and woman in the Tesla were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

Source: New York Times January 01, 2020 04:18 UTC