The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is also investigating the crash, has previously said the Autopilot was engaged. WASHINGTON—The driver killed when his Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode was travelling at 14.5 km/h above the speed limit just before hitting the side of a tractor-trailer, federal accident investigators said Tuesday. Those features are part of the vehicle’s Autopilot self-driving system, but the NTSB report doesn’t mention the system. The Tesla’s roof struck the underside of the truck’s 16-metre semi-trailer at a 90-degree angle, shearing off the sedan’s roof before it emerged on the other side of the trailer, according to the report. The driver, Joshua Brown, 40, a tech company owner from Canton, Ohio, was using the sedan’s cruise control and lane-keeping features at the time, the report said.

Source: thestar July 27, 2016 01:18 UTC