Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc. says global deliveries of its cars more than doubled in the third quarter to 24,500 compared to a year ago. The company said about 15,800 Model S and 8,700 Model X sport-utility vehicles were delivered to customers in the latest quarter. In addition, about 5,500 vehicles were in transit to customers, but they won't be counted as deliveries until the fourth quarter. The announcement was encouraging for the Palo Alto, California-based company, which has had a rocky couple of months. Tesla suffered a larger-than-expected loss in the second quarter. And, in June, the government began investigating Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot system after a driver using the system died in a Florida crash. Tesla said last month it was making major improvements to its Autopilot system.
Also, police in northern Germany say a Tesla being driven with its Autopilot system engaged collided with a bus on a highway. But Tesla says the Autopilot was not at fault.
Ratzeburg police say that the crash happened Wednesday afternoon on a stretch of autobahn about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Hamburg. The Tesla driver was slightly injured.
Police said in a statement Thursday that the 50-year-old Tesla driver told officers he had used the Autopilot.The system could not have prevented the crash because the bus swerved into the Tesla driver's lane while the Tesla was next to the bus, the company said.
Tesla updated the Autopilot software this month following a deadly crash in May. In that crash, a driver using the system was killed when his Model S sedan struck a tractor-trailer in Florida.
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