Tesla Model X Owner Claims Autopilot Saved His Life After Car Drove Itself To Hospital

A 37-year-old attorney from Missouri claims his Model X’s Autopilot system saved his life when he suffered a pulmonary embolism while behind the wheel

According to Slate, while driving home from his office, Joshua Neally started feeling incredibly sharp pains in his chest. After calling his wife, he agreed to head straight to the hospital rather than going home or calling an ambulance.

Neally says that for almost 20 miles, his Model X drove itself along the highway and to a hospital near an exit ramp. All he had to do was steer the electric SUV into the parking lot and check himself into the emergency room.

The lawyer claims that, if it wasn’t for Autopilot, he could have easily lost control of the car while writhing in pain in the driver’s seat.

This is the first recent story regarding Autopilot where it hasn’t been under the microscope and criticized. Ever since a fatal crash in mid-May, lobby groups, other automakers and much of the media have called for Autopilot to be disabled until it is perfected.

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