A Tesla driver who blamed the electric vehicle’s Autopilot system for a rollover crash in Minnesota has recanted and admitted blame for the incident.
Immediately following the incident involving the 2016 Model S on Sunday, local authorities released a press release stating that the driver claimed to have engaged the Autopilot system when the sedan suddenly accelerated off the road.
However, the 58-year-old driver, David Clark, has since emailed the sheriff’s deputy and admitted that he disengaged the Autopilot system after suddenly stepping on the accelerator.
In the email, Clark says “To the best of my recollection I had engaged the autopilot system but then I had disengaged it by stepping on accelerator. I then remember looking up and seeing the sharp left turn which I was accelerating into.
“I believe we started to make the turn but then felt the car give way and lose its footing like we hit loose gravel. That was the feeling that I was trying to describe to you that I had lost control of the vehicle,” he wrote.
Speaking to Jalopnik, Tesla said that it is still conducting an internal investigation of the accident.
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