On Sunday, the Washington Post published an article calling into question Tesla’s policies around Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). On Monday, the automaker responded. The details that the Post left out call into question its own integrity.
The article cites a number of anecdotal stories about drivers crashing their Teslas while Autopilot was engaged on roads where it isn’t intended to be used in the first place. It specifically tells the story of Dillon Angulo and Naibel Benavides Leon, two people who had pulled over and were standing outside of their vehicle when a Tesla on Autopilot blew through a stop sign and hit them.
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