There have been multiple fatal crashes involving Teslas on Autopilot. In one, the driver was reportedly watching a Harry Potter movie; in another, earlier this year, the driver was playing a game on his smartphone. Focusing on these distractions rather than the road caused their deaths. Autopilot software is simply not 100% ready for prime time. In fact, just today Consumer Reports ranked Tesla's Autopilot "a distant second" in a ranking of driving assistance systems. Out of 17 different...

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