Tesla Must Fix 'Flaws' in Autopilot After Fatal Crash: U.S. Consumer Group

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US News and World Report - 6/8/2018 - David Shepardson - A consumer advocacy group on Friday urged Tesla Inc to fix what it termed as "flaws" in the automaker's driver-assistance system Autopilot after a preliminary government report said a driver did not have his hands on the vehicle's steering wheel in the final six seconds before a fatal crash. The report issued on Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Walter Huang, the driver of the 2017 Model X using Autopilot, had been given two visual alerts and one auditory alert to place his hands on the steering wheel during the trip - but those alerts came more than 15 minutes before the March 23 crash. Read more @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/ar ... umer-group