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Tesla admits FSD was on in fatal Texas crash, blames driver for ‘overriding’ it

Tesla now admits FSD was engaged when a Model 3 killed a 76-year-old in Katy, Texas, but blames the driver for flooring the accelerator to 73 mph.

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Tesla now confirms that its self-driving system was engaged when a Model 3 left a residential road in Katy, Texas, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside her home — but the company says the driver overrode it by pressing the accelerator to 100%. Everything points to a pedal misapplication while the car was under “Full Self-Driving.”

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