2016年5月7日,美国特斯拉汽车公司(Tesla)生产的一辆Model S电动轿车在自动驾驶模式下发生撞车事故,导致司机身亡。在随后的几个月里,特斯拉自动驾驶汽车多次出现事故,但是尚未出现第二次死亡事故。在特斯拉自动驾驶汽车发生车祸后,美国高速公路交通安全委员会(NHTSA)对它的半自动驾驶系统(Autopilot)展开了调查,初步评估肇事车型特斯拉Model S所装配的自动驾驶系统。随着调查进一步深入, On May 7, 2016, a Model S electric car manufactured by Tesla Motor Co. of the United States crashed in automatic driving mode, causing the driver to die. In the ensuing months, Tesla’s autonomous car had many accidents but no second fatal accident had occurred. Following a car accident in Tesla’s autonomous car, the NHTSA conducted a survey of its Autopilot to assess the autopilot system fitted to the hit-vehicle Tesla Model S. As the investigation further deepened,