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IT Home reported on July 31 that Washington state authorities said on Tuesday that they have determined that the Tesla car that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April this year was in "Full Self Driving" (FSD) mode at the time of the accident.

Investigators confirmed this after downloading information from the event data recorder on the 2022 Tesla Model S. The driver has been arrested."The reason is that he admitted to driving inattentively while in FSD mode and was distracted using his phone while driving forward, believing the machine would drive for him"A Washington State Highway Patrol spokesman said the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last week that he expects the "FSD" system to be able to operate without human supervision by the end of this year. He has promised to launch a fleet of driverless taxis for years. But in a recent earnings call, he admitted that his past predictions were "too optimistic."

The accident occurred in a suburb about 24 kilometers northeast of Seattle. The 28-year-old motorcyclist, Jeffrey Nissen, from Stanwood, Washington, was found trapped under the vehicle and died on the spot.

Tesla has two partially automated driving systems: FSD, which can take on many driving tasks in a variety of road conditions, including city streets, and Autopilot, which can keep the vehicle in the lane and avoid obstacles ahead. Sometimes Tesla owners confuse the two names.

Tesla said,Neither system is currently capable of fully autonomous driving, the driver must be ready to take over control of the vehicle at any time. The "FSD" system is being tested by some Tesla owners on public roads, and the company recently called it "FSD Supervised."

Musk said the company will unveil a dedicated driverless taxi model that will use the system on October 10. The event was previously delayed from August 8 to October 10 because Musk wanted to modify the vehicle.

Musk has long told investors that Tesla is more of a robotics and artificial intelligence company than a car company, and many investors have invested in the company based on their long-term prospects for robotics technology.