Enlarge / Walter Huang’s Mannequin X in a tow yard days after his deadly crash. (credit score: NTSB)

Tesla’s broadly seen 2016 Autopilot demonstration video displaying the system stopping for crimson lights and shifting off once more when the sunshine modified to inexperienced was faked, based on the director of Autopilot software program, Ashok Elluswamy. Elluswamy made the assertion underneath oath throughout a deposition for a lawsuit introduced towards Tesla following the deadly crash of Apple engineer Walter Huang in 2018.

The video, posted in October 2016 and nonetheless accessible on Tesla’s web site, begins with the caption: “The individual within the driver’s seat is barely there for authorized causes. He’s not doing something. The automobile is driving itself.” We then see a Tesla Mannequin X go away a storage, and a driver enters the automobile as The Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black” begins to play.

The closely edited video then exhibits the Mannequin X driving round, stopping for street junctions and crimson lights. All of the whereas, the human within the driver’s seat has his arms close to however not on the steering wheel. Upon reaching a Tesla facility, the human leaves the Mannequin X, which matches off to park itself, avoiding operating over a pedestrian within the course of.