Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is laying the blame for the fatal crash last month on the driver of the Model X vehicle, Bloomberg News reported.
“The only way for this accident to have occurred” is if the driver “was not paying attention to the road, despite the car providing multiple warnings to do so,” the report cited the company as saying. “The fundamental premise of both moral and legal liability is a broken promise, and there was none here,” it added.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has also been dogged by questions about the safety of its cars after US regulators launched an investigation into the fatal crash
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is examining the fire that occurred after the incident and is looking to determine if the autopilot system had been active.