Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s director of Autopilot software, bypassed the company’s typical media silence on Monday to contest the driver’s account. Posting on X, Elluswamy stated that vehicle logs indicate the driver manually depressed the accelerator to 100% capacity in a residential zone. According to the data, the car reached 73 mph and the pedal remained engaged even after the impact. Elon Musk subsequently amplified these claims, arguing that the high-speed nature of the collision contradicts the behavior of the company’s Full Self-Driving software, which is programmed for slower speeds in neighborhood environments.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a special investigation into the incident, marking one of more than 40 probes the agency has initiated regarding Tesla crashes involving advanced driver-assistance systems. Meanwhile, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is finalizing its report to determine if criminal charges are appropriate. The final determination of whether the system was active or overridden rests on the formal analysis of the vehicle’s data logs, which remains ongoing.
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