Driver dies in a Tesla running on Autopilot in Florida

Joshua Brown, 40, died when his Tesla Model S, driving on Autopilot, struck a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway that neither he nor the system saw against a bright sky. Tesla disclosed the crash on 30 June, the day regulators opened an inquiry.

Why it mattered It was the first publicly confirmed death in a car under a partly automated driving system, and it sharpened scrutiny of how such features are described and sold.