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Tesla faces federal probe after Model 3 slams into Texas home, killing 76-year-old
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- The standard option was previously marketed under the name "Autopilot" in the U.S. before February, when Elon Musk's automaker changed that name under legal pressure from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday that it has opened a special crash investigation into a Tesla incident where a Model 3 slammed into a home in Katy, Texas, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila.
Harris County authorities said that the driver, Michael Butler, was cooperating with their investigation on the scene and said that he had been using Tesla's partially automated driving systems when his vehicle barreled out of its lane and into the home in the Houston suburb.
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