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An employee drives a Tesla Motors Model S electric automobile, equipped with Autopilot hardware and software, hands-free on a highway in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The “operational limitations” of Tesla’s Autopilot system played ‘major role’ in 2016 crash, said the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday.
NTSB investigators met to determine the cause of a fatal crash involving a Tesla on Autopilot in May of 2016. The Board had previously determined the crash was not the result of a defect in the system.
The vehicle was set to cruise control at 74 miles per hour, above the speed limit, moments before the crash.
The crash was the first known fatal crash involving a car using an automated driver assistance system, NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said.
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–Reuters contributed to this report
