Automated Steering ‘Not Available’ on Texas Road Where Tesla Crashed: NTSB

In this still image from video obtained via social media, the remains of a Tesla vehicle are seen after it crashed in The Woodlands, Texas, on April 17, 2021. Scott J. Engle via Reuters

WASHINGTON—Safety officials investigating the cause of a Tesla Model S crash that killed two men in Texas last month said that testing suggested the vehicle’s automated steering system was “not available” on the road where the accident occurred.

But the car’s cruise-control function could still have been in operation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in its preliminary report on Monday.