Chinese man blames Tesla autopilot function for son's crash

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Chinese man blames Tesla autopilot function for son's crash

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-crash-idUSKCN11K232

By Brenda Goh and Norihiko Shirouzu | Thu Sep 15, 2016 | 10:09am EDT

A Chinese man suing Tesla Motors Inc after his son was killed while driving one of the U.S. car makers' vehicles argues that the responsiveness of the car's "autopilot" function was responsible for the accident, his lawyer said.

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Gao Jubin's 23-year-old son, Gao Yaning, died in January after crashing into the back of a road-sweeping vehicle while driving the car on a highway in the northeastern province of Hebei, according to a police report provided by the father's lawyer, Wang Beibei.

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Tesla issued the statement after Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday reported on the accident. A dashboard video shown on CCTV showed Gao's white Tesla cruising on a highway in clear weather before crashing into the back of a cleaning vehicle.

CCTV quoted road police as saying the car did not brake before crashing into the vehicle.

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