Tesla CEO Elon Musk blasts reports blaming Autopilot for deadly Model S crash as 'completely false'

Tesla executives defended the automaker's semi-self-driving system on Monday after it came under scrutiny following a deadly crash involving a Tesla Model S in Texas this month. CEO Elon Musk rejected suggestions that the company's Autopilot was to blame. "This is completely false," he said, adding that journalists who suggested Autopilot was at fault "should be ashamed of themselves." After the crash, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman told multiple outlets, including the Wall Street Journal and Consumer Reports, that investigators were 99.9% sure that no one was behind the wheel when the vehicle crashed. The National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are investigating the crash.