Clarkson jokes Musk tried to kill him in Tesla Cybercab

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Jeremy Clarkson joked that Elon Musk may have tried to 'kill' him after a troubling autonomous vehicle ride in Austin, Texas.

Jeremy Clarkson, 66, joked in his latest column for The Times that Elon Musk may have tried to 'kill' him with a Tesla Cybercab after a troubling autonomous vehicle ride in Austin, Texas. The incident occurred when Clarkson was assigned a Cybercab that failed to start. After ordering a replacement, the second vehicle disregarded red lights, hit the brakes for a non-existent pedestrian, and argued over right of way with an 'autonomous shopping trolley'. Clarkson described becoming trapped in the vehicle, saying it 'wouldn't stop' and 'wouldn't open the doors'. He joked: 'Elon and I had a bit of a falling-out a while back, and I thought it might be taking me to the room where he develops lasers.' He admitted he was genuinely worried during the ten-minute incident, saying he was 'in a car that was driving itself while seemingly having some kind of electronic hot flush' and 'there was absolutely nothing I could do'. The former presenter's feud with Musk dates to 2008, when a negative Top Gear review of Tesla's Roadster led to legal action from the carmaker against the BBC, an attempt that ultimately failed. Clarkson has previously called Musk an 'idiot'.

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