Tesla driver injured as car on autopilot crashes into tourist bus in Germany

A Tesla electric car crashed into a tourist bus on a motorway in northern Germany with the driver claiming he had activated the car's autopilot system. The driver of the Tesla car was injured, while the 29 people on board the Danish bus were unhurt in the incident on Wednesday, police in Ratzeburg in Schleswig-Holstein state said. The 50-year-old driver's car hit the bus as it changed lanes outside the northern town of Gudow. Available for Tesla's Model S electric cars since October 2015, the driverless autopilot system has come under global scrutiny following fatal crashes in northern China in January and in the US state of Florida in May (file photo) 'We will now have to look into why the autopilot didn't work to prevent the crash,' police said in a statement. Available for Tesla's Model S electric cars since October 2015, the driverless autopilot system has come under global scrutiny following fatal crashes in northern China in January and in the US state of Florida in May.