, to which the court said it was not feasible for drivers to switch the feature on and off manually in different settings as it would distract from driving.. The court was not immediately available for comment.
U.S. safety regulators are investigating Tesla's Autopilot function after reports of 16 crashes, including seven injury incidents and one death, involving Tesla vehicles in Autopilot that had struck stationary first-responder and road maintenance vehicles. Tesla says Autopilot allows vehicles to brake and steer automatically within their lanes but does not make them capable of driving themselves.
Musk said in March that Tesla is likely to launch a test version of its new"Full Self-Driving" software in Europe later this year, depending on regulatory approval. "It's quite difficult to do full self-driving in Europe," he told workers at Berlin factory at the time, saying much work needs to be done to handle tricky driving situations in Europe where roads vary a lot by country.