Tesla also bring ups the accident was so severe in part because a collision barrier on the highway had either been unseated or restricted.
“We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other smash,” Tesla wrote in its post.
The National Transportation Safety Board asseverated two investigators are looking into the accident. It is unclear how long it will adopt them to conduct their probe, though NTSB investigations typically run after 12 to 18 months.
Since rolling out Autopilot in 2015, Tesla has appeared criticism the technology may be providing drivers with a false sense of custody about taking their hands off the steering wheel.
Following a dreary crash in Florida in 2016 where a Tesla Model S owner kick the bucketed after his car hit a truck while in autopilot mode, Tesla modified the technology to protect driver’s stay engaged periodically while using Autopilot.
An NTSB review of that accident concluded the Tesla Autopilot system functioned becomingly prior to the accident including issuing repeated warnings to the driver to functional control of the steering wheel.