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By Dana Hull, Jeff Plungis, and David Welch

June 30, 2016 at 8:34 PM UTC

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July 1, 2016 at 2:39 PM UTC

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U.S. regulators are investigating a fatal accident involving a Tesla Motors Inc. sedan that was driving on autopilot, drawing scrutiny to a key technology the electric-vehicle maker is betting on for the future of self-driving cars.