US magazine Consumer Reports said on Thursday its engineers were able to trick a Tesla into driving in the car’s Autopilot mode — with no one at the wheel.
The publication’s engineers were able to operate the vehicle with the car’s inbuilt system failing to realize the driver’s seat was empty.
The experiment comes just days after a Tesla crashed in Texas, killing the two men in the car. Authorities say neither of the victims were in the driver’s seat when the car hit a tree just north of Houston.
