Linh Nguyen and his family have sued Tesla, saying his 2023 Model X accelerated on its own while stopped at a red light in Kirkland, Washington, then blew out its own tires when it struck a curb.

The lawsuit alleges that the Autopilot system failed to detect a curve on the road in time, leading to a fatal accident.

Tesla said autopilot was activated during a fatal Model X crash last week in California. The driver’s hands were not on the steering wheel for about six seconds before the Model X collided with a ...

July 2026 was the worst month on record for Tesla driver-assist crashes. Tesla reported 236 of them to federal regulators, the most it has ever filed in a single month. Four of those crashes killed ...