Tesla says Model X did not crash itself with Autopilot, despite owners' claims

Who are you going to believe, a computer log or a shaken owner?

Monday morning, Electrek broke the story of a Model X owner and his wife claiming their five-day-old Model X crashed itself into a building last Saturday in Irvine, California.

On the Tesla forum, the owner, Puzant Ozbag, stated that his new all-electric luxury SUV "suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated at high speed on its own climbing over 39 feet of planters and crashing into a building."

Understandably, this is a frightening scenario that no one wants to be in. Of course, that's just one side of the story. Later the same day, Tesla, after having reviewed the car's logs, gave Electrek its side of the story: Read more...