Tesla Driver Using Autopilot Crashes Into Home in Texas and Kills a Woman, Officials Say

A Tesla driver relying on Autopilot lost control of the vehicle, which left the roadway and struck a house in Harris County, Texas, killing a woman inside. The incident adds to a growing record of fatal crashes in which drivers entrusted semi-automated systems with decisions those systems were not designed to make alone. Questions about how manufacturers communicate the genuine limits of driver-assistance technology remain urgently unresolved.