Tesla Isn't Sure Autopilot Was Enabled During Second Crash

Tesla on Wednesday said it has no evidence that one of its cars was in autopilot mode when it hit a guardrail and flipped on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh on July 1. Police in Pennsylvania said the driver of a Tesla Model X told them he'd activated autopilot before the accident, but the car maker has been unable to asses the allegations first reported by The Detroit Free Press. Tesla says it has been unable to reach the motorist, a suburban Detroit art dealer, and also hasn't received digital crash data, perhaps because the car's antenna was damaged. "We have no data at this point to indicate that Autopilot was engaged or not engaged," a company spokeswoman said in a statement. "As we do with all crash events, we immediately reached out to the customer to confirm they were ok and offer support, but were unable to reach him. We have since attempted to contact the customer three times by phone without success. It is not possible to learn more without access to the vehicle's onboard logs."