Crash, Arrest Draw More Scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot System

Crash, Arrest Draw More Scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot System
The Tesla Motors logo is seen on the hood of a car at Tesla Motors headquarters, in Palo Alto, Calif., on May 20, 2010. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—Federal safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the steering wheel.

Experts say both cases raise pressure on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to take action on Tesla’s partially automated driving system called Autopilot, which has been involved in multiple crashes that have resulted in at least three U.S. deaths.