A Texas man whose Tesla plowed through a woman's home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, because apparently pressing the accelerator to 100% while on 'autopilot' is not, in fact, a valid driving strategy.

Michael Butler, 44, was arrested Wednesday after his Model 3 allegedly killed 76-year-old Martha Avila in her Katy, Texas home on June 19th. Butler claims he was using Tesla's Full-Self Driving (FSD) system at the time - but his phone's search history suggests he had some concerns about its aggressiveness. Among the Google queries from May 2026: "Tesla fsd not aggressive enough 2026 model" and "tesla fsd too timid."

Tesla's AI head Ashok Elluswamy quickly clarified that the driver "manually overrode self-driving by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%." Data from the vehicle's "black box" confirms the accelerator was floored, reaching 73 mph in a residential zone, while the brake pedal remained untouched in the final minute before impact. Butler told paramedics he was changing music and looking at the navigation screen while making DoorDash deliveries, and later claimed he "passed out." No alcohol or drugs were found in his system.

Avila's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both Tesla and Butler. The NHTSA and NTSB have opened investigations, presumably to determine how many more times this needs to happen before 'Full Self-Driving' stops being a euphemism for 'please keep your foot off the gas.'