Fatal Tesla crash due to drunken speeding, not self-driving software, regulators say

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Auto investigators ruled that drunk driving rather than Tesla’s auto-driving feature was liable for a 2021 fatal crash, a determination that should at least temporarily ease the scrutiny on the company over the software.

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