Autopilot not on during crash in PA, Musk says it would have prevented accident

Re:Autopilot not on during crash in PA, Musk says it would h... by Animats on Thursday July 14, 2016 @07:10PM (#12097883)

Remember, a touch to the brake disables Tesla's "autopilot". Looking forward to the NTSB report.

Where is this data from? It would seem to require physical access to the vehicle. Was Tesla given access to a wrecked vehicle that's the subject of NHTSA and NTSB investigations?

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Re:Autopilot not on during crash in PA, Musk says it would h... by williamscales on Thursday July 14, 2016 @07:23PM (#12097940)

Surely they must stream the logs back to Tesla as they're taken.

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Re:Autopilot not on during crash in PA, Musk says it would h... by greglindahl on Thursday July 14, 2016 @07:31PM (#12097980)

Things like "Car just had an accident" get sent immediately -- Tesla will call the owner and/or 911 -- but it appears that most logs accumulate on the car or are downloaded when the car is attached to WiFi.

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Re:Autopilot not on during crash in PA, Musk says it would h... by Animats on Thursday July 14, 2016 @07:34PM (#12097996)

When the car rolled over, the antenna was damaged and the data link lost, Tesla claims. So how did Tesla get the data?

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