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veen · 2855 days ago · link · · parent · post: Tesla driver killed in crash with Autopilot active, NHTSA investigating
It totally sucks. Teslas use a long-range radar which -under normal circumstances- should've detected the vehicle, but my educated guess is that the truck was just too high above ground for the radar to catch it. It also has an infrared camera but that is not meant for long distances. Ironically / incidentally, the guy who got killed posted a video of Autopilot saving him in April, which Musk retweeted.