The NTSB released a preliminary report of the accident:
Highway Preliminary Report HWY16FH018
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Tesla system performance data downloaded from the car indicated that vehicle speed just prior to impact was 74 mph. System performance data also revealed that the driver was operating the car using the advanced driver assistance features Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer lane keeping assistance. The car was also equipped with automatic emergency braking that is designed to automatically apply the brakes to reduce the severity of or assist in avoiding frontal collisions.
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74 mph was over the 65 mph speed limit, but not that much.
The big question is whether the car been traveling at that speed and not lost speed until impact, or whether it had been going much faster and just failed to slow down enough.
Did the automatic emergency braking do what it was designed for?
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The Tesla was equipped with multiple electronic systems capable of recording and transmitting vehicle performance data. NTSB investigators will continue to collect and analyze these data, and use it along with other information collected during the investigation in evaluating the crash events.
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Jury still out... The report is to be expanded over time.
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