{"id":3358,"date":"2026-08-09T19:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/49ers-coach-says-his-tesla-was-on-autopilot-when-he-crashed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T19:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:56:49","slug":"49ers-coach-says-his-tesla-was-on-autopilot-when-he-crashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/49ers-coach-says-his-tesla-was-on-autopilot-when-he-crashed\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers coach says his Tesla was on Autopilot when he crashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Head Coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers | Image: Michael Zagaris \/ San Francisco 49ers \/ Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Michael Zagaris \/ San Francisco 49ers \/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-2275684974.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tHead Coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers | Image: Michael Zagaris \/ San Francisco 49ers \/ Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four weeks ago, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/49ers\/article\/kyle-shanahan-crash-autopilot-22380270.php?link_source=ta_thread_link&amp;taid=6a77a64da76be20001a61f3b&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=threads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involved in an accident<\/a> near downtown Palo Alto. At the time Shanahan said only that the accident was his fault. But during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@maiocconbcs\/post\/DbzTCr5mokd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a> he shared more details about the incident, including the fact that he had his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kyle-shanahan-says-his-tesla-was-on-autopilot-before-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla&rsquo;s Autopilot engaged<\/a> at the time. Shanahan was not passing the buck, however, saying it was his fault regardless of whether or not Autopilot was engaged. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0I&rsquo;ve had Autopilot for nine years, so I&rsquo;m pretty comfortable with it and, you know, who knows what happened when I turned around? Whether it malfunctioned or whether I knocked it off? That&rsquo;s somethi \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/977155\/49ers-coach-tesla-autopilot-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers | Image: Michael Zagaris \/ San Francisco 49ers \/ Getty Images [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}