Driver in fatal Tesla autopilot crash warned repeatedly: investigators

A new report from US investigators shows the driver killed in a 2016 crash while using Tesla's Autopilot feature only had his hands on the steering wheel for 25 seconds during a nearly 40-minute drive. The driver killed in the 2016 crash of a Tesla Model S took his hands off the wheel while using autopilot despite repeated warnings not to do so, government investigators have found. The National Transportation Safety Board said the driver had been using the semi-autonomous driver assistance system for extended periods when his car crashed into a 53-foot freight trailer west of Williston, Florida. The NTSB Monday released a large amount of data on the incident, but said it had not determined the cause of the crash. But it is the second agency whose findings have not faulted Tesla's driver-assistance system.