March 30 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Friday that vehicle logs from last week's fatal accident of a Tesla Model X in California showed that the autopilot had been engaged prior to the crash.
Tesla said that the autopilot was on with adaptive cruise control follow-distance set to minimum.
The company also said no action had been taken by the driver, who had a 5-second view of the concrete divider.
"The driver had received several visual and one audible hands-on warning earlier in the drive and the driver's hands were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision," Tesla said. (https://bit.ly/2GpD3V6)
The fatal crash and vehicle fire of the Tesla Model X near Mountain View, California, last week involved two other cars. Tesla vehicles have a system called Autopilot that handles some driving tasks. The 38-year-old Tesla driver died at a nearby hospital shortly after the crash. (Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)