There is no evidence to suggest that Brown inappropriately administered his Tesla's autopilot feature.
It's also the number of miles Tesla's semi-autonomous 'Autopilot' feature had racked up by May this year.
Brown's death forced Tesla to re-emphasise that the Autopilot feature, as it currently exists, isn't self-driving.
The difference is that the plane's autopilot feature can guarantee that the flight will stay precisely on course, from takeoff to landing, even in bad weather or turbulence.
For now, the crash makes it clear that Tesla should shut off its autopilot feature for certain high-speed driving on freeways, said Cummings.
Then the autopilot feature effectively takes the nightshift, detecting when your child is awake and playing the audio at a volume you decide".
Musk recently hinted that the company plans to include its autopilot feature in its upcoming Model 3, which at $35,000 is being marketed to middle-class drivers.
The safety potential of self-driving cars took a knock in 2016, when Tesla Motors admitted to the first fatal crash involving the company's Autopilot feature.
Musk's electric car company, Tesla, has added some autonomous features to its cars — including the option to have cars keep themselves safe using an "autopilot" feature and built-in sensors.
Last week, US safety regulators announced an investigation into a fatal crash in which the driver of a Tesla Model S car was using its autopilot feature, the first such accident that has been made public.
We're on the way to driverless cars with Tesla Motors' latest dual-motor Model S, whose autopilot feature keeps the car safely in lane, obeys speed limits, avoids obstacles and parks itself in your garage.
