{"id":15078,"date":"2026-08-10T12:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15078"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:03","slug":"49ers-coach-says-his-tesla-was-on-autopilot-when-he-crashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15078","title":{"rendered":"49ers coach says his Tesla was on Autopilot when he crashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Terrence O\u2019Brien<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 9, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<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&#038;strip=all&#038;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><\/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\">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\">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\">Tesla&#8217;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\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had Autopilot for nine years, so I&#8217;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&#8217;s someth \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/977155\/49ers-coach-tesla-autopilot-crash\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/977155\/49ers-coach-tesla-autopilot-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; August 9, 2026 Head Coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers. | Image: Michael Zagaris \/ San Francisco 49ers \/ Getty Images Four weeks ago, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was involved in an accident near downtown Palo Alto. At the time, Shanahan said only that the accident was his<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15078\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}