After running a red light on Autopilot, one Tesla driver was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter - this is likely the first time a felony has
This incident occurred in Gardena, a suburb of Los Angeles, back in 2019, but it only came to light after legal documents revealed charges filed last October.
During the red-light run, Kevin George Aziz Riad, a 27-year-old limousine driver, struck a Honda Civic, killing Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves Lopez.
A NHTSA investigation into the crash confirmed the use of Autopilot, but prosecutors declined to mention it as the driver is always responsible for the vehicle.
They distinguish the two cases since the Uber incident involved a self-driving test vehicle, not a driver assistance system, such as Tesla Autopilot, which is available to the