BBC
Two men were killed after a Tesla car crashed into a tree and caught fire in Texas, and police believe there was nobody present in the driver's seat at the time of the accident. The 2019 Tesla Model S was travelling at a high speed when it failed to negotiate a curve on a winding road.
The victims, both in their 50s, were found in the front passenger seat and in the back of the vehicle.
Tesla did not respond immediately to the BBC's request for comment.
Evidence suggests that “no-one was driving the vehicle at the time of impact,” said Mark Herman, Harris County Precinct 4 constable, adding the case was still under investigation.
It is unclear whether Tesla's Autopilot feature was in use.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, has previously laid out his vision for “fully self-driving” cars to be made available this year.
But last month, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened investigations into 27 crashes involving Tesla vehicles.
In a related incident this Monday, a Tesla owner climbed on top of a car at the Shanghai Auto Show to protest that the "brake lost control", Bloomberg reported.
