A Florida man died when his Tesla left the roadway while operating in Autopilot mode, struck a power box and plunged into a pond.The fatal crash happened near Tampa last month at about 8:10 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said an 87-year-old man was driving a Tesla Model Y when the vehicle left the road east of Infinite Drive before entering a nearby pond and becoming completely submerged. Emergency personnel removed both occupants from the vehicle and took them to the hospital. The driver later died from his injuries, while the 75-year-old woman traveling with him survived without any life-threatening injuries. The Tesla was operating with Autopilot at the time of the accident. However, investigators have not said how they determined the system was activated or what caused the vehicle to go off the road.The speed limit in the area is 30 mph. Officials have not said whether speed, a medical emergency, driver actions or the vehicle’s systems played a role in the incident. It is also unclear how long the Tesla remained underwater before rescuers arrived.The identities of the driver and passenger have not been released and the investigation is ongoing.The crash has again drawn attention to Tesla’s driver-assistance technology, which has faced increasing legal and regulatory scrutiny in recent years.In a separate case in Florida, a federal judge recently upheld a $243 million jury verdict related to a 2019 crash involving a Tesla Model S equipped with Autopilot. The crash occurred in Largo and killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and seriously injured her boyfriend, Dylan Angulo. Jurors awarded $200 million in punitive damages to the victims and their families.Tesla argued during the trial that the driver was responsible and said it planned to appeal the verdict. The company has consistently stated that Autopilot requires active driver supervision and is not designed to replace human attention behind the wheel. The electric car maker has faced several lawsuits related to its driver-assistance features.Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to promote the future of autonomous driving technology.“Ten years from now, probably 90% of all distances driven will be driven by AI in a self-driving car. In 10 years it will be quite typical to actually drive your own car,” Musk said during a video appearance at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv last month.