FILE- This Oct. 3, 2018, file photo shows a Tesla emblem at the Auto show in Paris. Shares of Tesla Inc. soared Tuesday, Oct. 23, a day ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings release. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
A Tesla driver in California is facing a DUI charge after being caught sleep-driving while the car was on auto-pilot. Art Montiel with the CHP says officers were able to stop the car by pulling a patrol car in front of it, then slowing down.
The car eventually slowed from 70 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour over the course of about seven miles. Highway patrol officers say when the Model S driver failed to yield for a traffic stop in San Mateo early Friday morning, they pulled alongside him to find him either asleep or passed out. The 45-year-old man was taken into custody after failing a sobriety test.