Elon Musk to the media: 'You're killing people'

Elon Musk has a message for journalists: Embrace self-driving cars or it will cost lives. 

"You're killing people," Musk said in a call with reporters on Wednesday in relation to negative coverage of autonomous vehicles. The call was part of an announcement that Tesla will build advanced driverless technology into all its future vehicles.

Musk made the statement early in the call in response to one of the first questions. He said it after pointing out that tens of thousands of people die in accidents every year while driving regular (non-driverless) cars, and that he believes there is an inordinate amount of attention paid to the accidents involving self-driving technology such as Tesla Autopilot, which Musk says are "almost none." Read more...