Tesla wins lawsuit that blamed Autopilot for crash


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Tesla has received a lawsuit that attempted responsible the corporate’s Autopilot driver help software program for a 2019 crash, Reuters studies. The jurors within the case discovered that the software program wasn’t at fault in a crash the place the automobile became a median on a metropolis road whereas Autopilot was engaged. The jury awarded plaintiff Justine Hsu, who sued Tesla in 2020, no damages.

The trial is believed to be the primary concerning Autopilot, and will show to be an necessary case if Tesla faces future lawsuits over the expertise. Whereas Reuters studies that the results of the trial “is just not legally binding in different instances,” Tesla is underneath intense scrutiny for its Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving driver help options, which don’t make its vehicles absolutely autonomous…

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